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Things We Own / Reflections
by: Niki7
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Things we Own
It's all on loan
they say,
the land, the wind, the sky
Things we own can be taken away
the house, the boat, our lives....
Over ten years - he's been gone
but he was hers for a time
never something she could own
yet part of her heart,
her soul & her mind.
She was there the night
he died
and too when her son was born
a trade it's believed
yet neither, guaranteed
nor is the earth, the moon, or the stars
We have nothing to fear
and nothing to gain
except -that which is time;
For now we have it,then it's gone
& we're left with the question-why?
Reflections
Years pass,
memories fade
and only a ghost of the past remains,
Errant moments,
teaze the mind
when last it was she watched him die.
Half grown,
and his only child
left with the guilt for being so wild,
Rebel nature
soft inside,
alone in the world for the very first time.
Dreams fade
reality burns,
somewhere she failed to use what she learned
Struggles build
character they say
The fight to survive is the price she must pay.
Time mellows
the heart and the mind
and the rebel is calmed by her gentler side
A child is born
A new life to love,
yet she longs to share this with he who's above.
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