Do You Remember Me?

The relentless unkindness of time has worn away my beauty.

My timbers are no longer straight and firm.

My window-eyes are shuttered and unseeing.

Yet I stand.

Where the joyful music of children laughing

Once echoed within my walls,

Now there is only cruel silence.

Yet I stand.

Shattered dreams and broken promises

Have scarred my soul.

Tears of sadness have weakened my foundation.

Yet I stand.

In bygone days I sheltered those I loved,

Protecting them from the elements of life.

Today I am filled with nothing but emptiness.

Yet I stand.

My heart still beats, tho faintly now.

The weight of age has broken me down.

I am tired and with each sigh I grow weaker.

Yet I stand.

Alone and unbearably lonely,

I long for remembered happiness and sounds of life.

But all that is left are my memories.

Until at last I stand no more.



(Abandoned - Photo by John Muir)