As the Shadows Grow Long

As evening approaches

And shadows grow long

My thoughts drift to times past

Of family and friends

Youth that never ends

In a memory no one ever grows old

How I miss that childhood bliss

To be young, naive and sinless

Realities cost is innocence lost

When nightmares are no longer dreams

Just as summer’s shade

Becomes autumnal shadows

A place that once gave comfort

Now renders me so cold

And just as the only constant

Is change

I gain solace knowing the one

Who transcends every age

As evening has passed

And the shadows are gone

My thoughts drift to tomorrow

Of family and friends

A new day will begin

Full of joy and sorrow

How I miss that childhood bliss

To be young, naive and sinless

Realities cost is innocence lost

When nightmares are no longer dreams