I have come and gone, <br />Revisited <br />Those well-worn paths <br />That spanned <br />The precipitous hours <br />Of long-dead days. <br />The spirits of the past <br />Remain <br />Entombed there <br />Forever. <br />They will not rise again. <br />But I <br />Move forward <br />Now <br />My headlong march <br />Through time <br />Is predicated on <br />Some fateful hour. <br />Stay not too long <br />To watch the setting sun <br />For it will rise again <br />Tomorrow. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Kimera, Dec.1998)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reunion-2/
