Voices Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

Voices from long ago call echoing in my dreams
Memories of childhood, joyous, sweet, and innocent
Bright golden summers that seemed never-ending
When happiness reigned supreme with days rich with love
Family supporting and encouraging, guiding my way
Parents and brother long gone and grave deep.
Burdened with old age, anthric bones, blood pressure
Alone, difficulty walking with time cruelly speeded up,
Destination grave and final sleep coming ever closer.
Throughout life I sought for meaning and truth
Finding the blue planet was like a single grain of sand
Lost among vast desert of stars expanding ever outwards
Away into an eternal blackness of space with limit unknown,
While wondering on the existence of a loving God.