He takes a walk back in time
To a place where things are
All aligned and make sense.
Now as an old man the
Boy inside is harder to find.
As he searches through the attic,
Under layers of dust
In the abandoned farm house,
He comes across a picture,
A picture of his family.
Grasping the frame, he walks
Down the stairs and into the barn
In which he spent so many
Summer days, working and playing.
He quickly glances to the side
And can picture
Himself and his siblings playing in the
Hay bales,
Laughing and giggling,
But those laughs are long gone.
Walking out of the barn he
Wanders to the pond,
Where in high school his friends would come
And swing on the rope falling into the water
Below.
He glances up and sees himself at seventeen
His friends cheering him on, to swing.
He laughs out loud and nods.
Making his way out of the small forest,
He comes across a tree which looks very
Familiar to his memories.
He pushes away aged rubbish, revealing,
"HM + ST = Forever"
He touches the tree and closes his aged eyes,
a tear falls down his wrinkled cheek.
When his eyes open he sees her,
His love, glancing at him from the distance.
It wasn't the way she looked before the cancer took her from him,
But she looked the way she did when he first saw her.
Smiling and holding the picture close to his heart, he
Walks out of the woods and back home, still with a single
Tear in his eye.
To a place where things are
All aligned and make sense.
Now as an old man the
Boy inside is harder to find.
As he searches through the attic,
Under layers of dust
In the abandoned farm house,
He comes across a picture,
A picture of his family.
Grasping the frame, he walks
Down the stairs and into the barn
In which he spent so many
Summer days, working and playing.
He quickly glances to the side
And can picture
Himself and his siblings playing in the
Hay bales,
Laughing and giggling,
But those laughs are long gone.
Walking out of the barn he
Wanders to the pond,
Where in high school his friends would come
And swing on the rope falling into the water
Below.
He glances up and sees himself at seventeen
His friends cheering him on, to swing.
He laughs out loud and nods.
Making his way out of the small forest,
He comes across a tree which looks very
Familiar to his memories.
He pushes away aged rubbish, revealing,
"HM + ST = Forever"
He touches the tree and closes his aged eyes,
a tear falls down his wrinkled cheek.
When his eyes open he sees her,
His love, glancing at him from the distance.
It wasn't the way she looked before the cancer took her from him,
But she looked the way she did when he first saw her.
Smiling and holding the picture close to his heart, he
Walks out of the woods and back home, still with a single
Tear in his eye.