Careless call me, for I'd lost, the dream that kept my smile. <br />Beaten by the shattered hopes, that littered every mile. <br />Slower still the footsteps tread, from youths immortal pose. <br />Grasping still but holding just, the thorns that shield the rose.<br /><br />Laurie hill<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/careless-5/
