Day 8 - The Passing of a Year

The Passing of a Year

(Jaquith, 2012)

Do you really think so?

Do you think I care?

Tell your sad song to the Old Man down the lane,

He has heard it all before,

What was that?

Something about love lost,

Memories and misgivings, a new adventure,

Tattered lies and hidden deceit,

The Old Man will understand,

He knows it all too well,

They say it was a woman that touched him,

The only one he let in,

But she couldn’t feel it,

The love that he felt,

And so, lost in the embers,

Is a story they never wrote,

I wish I could reach him,

Sooth his pain,

Renew his confidence,

Enough to feel again,

But that time is lost,

The world has moved on,

Spring time in Paris and a walk across the Rhone,

A soft gentle kiss and the sultry taste of wine,

Better left to the young they say,

These images of love,

They will find their place,

In a world of misconception and loneliness,

But to you my love,

I raise a lost and lonely cheer,

To the pursuit of a memory,

And to the passing of a year.