I swear I
had it yesterday
A photograph
of you
Taken many
years ago
When dreams
could still come true
You had a
childlike innocence
A smile so
sweet and pure
Unaware of
what would be
And all you
would endure
But even in
that portrait
Framed there
in black and white
Your eyes
revealed an emptiness
That nothing
could make right
A child
without a childhood
Whose wounds
could not be healed
Cryptic
whispers in the night
Where
secrets were revealed
The boy who
always felt too much
And kept it
all inside
A pilgrim
seeking shelter
Finding no
place safe to hide
And now I
cannot find it
Like it wasn’t
here at all
As I look at
my reflection
In this
mirror on the wall
A childhood
spent in hallways
Framed for
all the world to see
Exposed the
frail human heart
No one
should see but me
And now the
memory fades away
Lost in the
passing years
A vision of
what might have been
Obscured by
my own tears
cn4152012
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ReplyDeleteThanks. I was seven in that picture. We will talk.
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