Longing
 
 

Looking back on my life
I remember a time
Carefree and pure and nothing unsure.
Here I am now
Longing for it all to come back
Wondering where along the lines I lost track.
Longing for the beauty, the simplicity,
The innocence of a child.
If only I could
Go back a few years
Be back in a time
Where I had no fears
Back where there existed no tears
No worries, no pain
But my longing's in vain.
I can only move towards the future
Uncertain, unstable.
Little smiling faces remind me
Of the joy that I lost
That was taken away
But I guess I could not be
Forever young, forever free.
So I'll live my life
Longing.
 

© 6 March 1998