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September 2009 
The Middle Years
Posted on Sep 29th, 2009
by 
Eric
Eric
Life takes me further from the places that can stop time
and take me back to visit the person I once was
young and so carelessly naïve,
taking for granted that forever was mine to be had
and the world was always well within my grasp
now I find myself growing from dreams of wealth
into true richness, savoring simple moments
so easily lost in a Boccherini quintet at dusk as the candles flicker
with a simple meal to fill my stomach and a humble wine
to wash it down.
the middle years bring such a profound sense of well-being
a contentment that youth can never know
soon so deep will be the divide
that we will pass one day as strangers on the street
and will say our last words with only a nod
and go our separate ways like a fading memory.
and take me back to visit the person I once was
young and so carelessly naïve,
taking for granted that forever was mine to be had
and the world was always well within my grasp
now I find myself growing from dreams of wealth
into true richness, savoring simple moments
so easily lost in a Boccherini quintet at dusk as the candles flicker
with a simple meal to fill my stomach and a humble wine
to wash it down.
the middle years bring such a profound sense of well-being
a contentment that youth can never know
soon so deep will be the divide
that we will pass one day as strangers on the street
and will say our last words with only a nod
and go our separate ways like a fading memory.
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