lying exhausted in withering body
with failing eyes in dimming world
I visit fading memories from long ago
daydreams composed of visions
running through forests of my youth
with legs, lungs, heart that never tire
captain/co-captain of many sports
cheerleading girlfriends caressing my day
trinkets and trophies embossed with my name
marbled-based statues of glory now tossed away
* * *
riding my horse, Buddy, across singing streams
following herds of deer over endless mountain
seeing hundreds at play on any given day
decades pass - a new superhighway
crosses the ridge between seasonal grounds
obliterating trails Buddy and I followed long ago
hundreds of deer slaughtered by rolling death
piled in hidden heaps of rotting carcasses
where no one mourns, where no one weeps
the time of our time slowly passes
our bodies and minds yielding to stealth
who visits us in our lingering twilight
to steal our youth, to steal our health
upon viewing mirrored morning gaze we see
things old and new - our fading living legacy
usurped by toll of hidden constant companion
carving new trails across our facial landscape
taking away the verdant spring of our valleys
as we recall our youth: lust-filled, joy-filled
as we run for our lives toward green pastures
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