Waiting On Forever

Winter days take hold keeping us hostage to the chill and cold in forgotten youth of early spring leaves us only time on which to cling; the shadows dark and gray inch thru the windy rain and snow at play with quick slow passing of the new year day, when celebrations rose and fell in dropping of the ball into the year-end well; stay a moment, sit and reminisce recall the earlier times now missed when love and adventure reigned beneath the sun's cold warm games and everyone knew our history and our names; now, slowly slipping into the past our futures remain uncast and youth and adult games fade in forgotten plans once made waiting patient in the disappearing parade; hold tight, don't let go soon enough the time will flow and in the light or the shadows of the night we each will bid goodbye and farewell to the waiting on forever of life's spell/