In childhood days
we thought we could remain
forever youthful and vibrant
that we would stay the same
Summer evenings
lingered longer then
as we chased through the wood
our golden-fire friends
Never did we dream
of farewells or goodbyes
our futures vast and open
as summer starry skies
Autumn came and
stole away those nights
our ageless innocence dissipating
as misty clouds from sight
No longer would we share
a child's purity of view
summer left us and with her
our memories of youth
To where do they go, our memories
of times together framed,
of moments past so long forgotten
when we were still the same?
What turn did you take?
Where did your step go astray
that led you down a path so far
from simple summer days?
Yet you found the way to remain,
frozen as winter's crystal breath,
timeless now and infinite
your youth cloaked in death.
Another autumn night drifts by
years adding onto mine
while you, in the vastness of the sky,
awake an ageless twenty-nine.
For my cousin Austin, who passed away at the age of 29 from a ****** overdose
