The Reaquaintance

Ah ‘tis you again my friend,

Lord it’s been, how many years?

Since the walls they rang with laughter

as our cheeks tumbled with tears.

We swore that we would stay in touch

Tell me, it isn’t so!

Did we both speak those empty words

Twenty years ago?

Tell me, where did all the time go

How did it slip away?

Perhaps we were distracted

By life’s constant bob and sway.

Well now; look who’s turned up,

My word, the gang’s all here

But they all look like old men now

Old, bald, and sere

Once the world was ours to conquer

Our hearts were filled with song

What crazy times we had my boy

We were young, bold and strong!

Unfettered by concern

Unburdened with regret

Our voices sang with joy of life

Every time we met.

Or so it seems to me now

Perhaps my old mind’s failing

But they seemed much simpler times then

Life seemed to me - plain sailing

Still it’s friends now we are still

Here’s to all our joy and tears

I’d like to raise a glass together

To our acquaintance through the years

But shame; too long we waited

For though the gang’s all gathered round

It’s in remembrance we’ve assembled

and tis you there in the ground.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Honest and strong thoughts in the poetry.
"But shame; too long we waited
For though the gang’s all gathered round
It’s in remembrance we’ve assembled
and tis you there in the ground."
The thoughts and the dreams of youth become a heavy regret with old age. It is sad when we learn. We did little. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry. Made me think tonight.
Coyote