What Becomes

What becomes of past places
and lost faces therein
Drifting from mind and eyes
with the slow secrecy
of a setting sun.

What becomes of a child's laughter
that once soared with the breeze
It doesn't have to leave
our internal seas
so painfully soon
with such tender ease.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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July 3, 2016 at 1:16 AM
JOSHUA, enjoyed reading your poem, thank you for sharing your thoughts through words. *SKAT*
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