Voices From Long Ago

Voices from long ago call echoing in my dreams Memories of childhood, joyous, sweet, innocent Bright golden summers seemed never ending When happiness reigned, days rich with love. Family supporting, encouraging, guiding the way. Parents and brother long gone, grave deep. Now, in old age, anthric bones, blood pressure Difficulty walking, time cruelly speeded up Destination into the grave and final sleep. Love, often fleeting, breaks heart, weeps the soul Throughout life seeking for meaning and truth Knowing blue planet is like single grain of sand Among vast desert of stars expanding outwards Into the eternal blackness of space never ending.