Forever Ago

Light danced softer pouring from

pale memories of a lifetime ago

when sweet words I no longer hear

enter the wearied mind of my own 

When small footsteps

turn from running down halls

to sitting in bedrooms 

to empty phone calls

Well the light touched my fingertips

as I so begged it not to go

I remained crumpled on the floor

thinking of a time forever ago

 

Where'd the time pass?

Like a delicate but fragile antique 

dropped on the pavement

before you could think

Is that all I am?

But a soul, dropped upon the pavement, so slow?

These impatient wanderings are but a tired thought,

thought amply but quietly, forever ago

Author's Note

A poem about leaving childhood.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

Wow, this is great Maddie, very poignant read....we never really leave childhood though, just so you know. Kudos.

[Forever Hidden]

Wow.
I think we alllll want out childhood back. It was so simple, like no school to worry about, no innocence got taken away .-.
Wonderful poem :")

[A. V. Madison]

Whoa whoa whoa, Seema. You can talk to me again? :D

[Forever Hidden]

^.^ Yes. Well kinda xD :)

[relinashinee]

This is beautiful... I like the way you captured the reader (me) how time can and days, months, years (well in this case time but you get my drift) can go by in a matter of seconds without even realizing it. Nice :D