Moments Vapor

It goes by too fast.....

 

Moments slip

as sand through fingers

tightly gripped

 

friendly faces

children’s laughter

warm spring days

cool summer nights

 

memories fade as a vapor

I close my eyes to hold them all

opened

I see an older man’s reflection

 

the joy was real

as the pain I feel

 

it was only yesterday we saw each other

now 20 years passed

fingers run through salt and peppered hair

 

I visit those times of happiness

times when the world was a mystery

when life was beautiful

 when the only care

was what to do for Friday night 

Author's Note

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