Summer’s languishing end
Makes me a child again
I have just become aware
Of this thing called Time
I am realizing suddenly
That Forever is so brief
That life is coming to claim me
The hours are no longer mine
My feet are cold standing
On the sun-drenched asphalt
My hands are dirty clutching
A partially-deflated basketball
I am looking down the driveway
Into the advancing evening
Which approaches with another night
Another day and then I must go
To school where I must wear
What everyone else wears
And talk to strangers
And do all kinds of things
I don’t want to do
I am caught in this moment
Where play gave way to preoccupation
Where pleasure became secondary
The crest of an unwilling wave
That carried me through years
Of doing all kinds of things
I didn’t want to do
It’s this moment I recall
When the nights grow cool
And the hot days fail to obscure
The coming autumn
Queen of Elves 
@queenofelves I thank you for your wonderful poetry and your willingness to share your beautiful passion.
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Thank you for reading! It brings me so much joy to share with you
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I love the sensation of nostalgia. One memory of the past that sticks with me is looking up into a clear Autumn sky and watching strands of gossamer floating by gently on the breeze.
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That’s lovely. It conjures up a familiar image for me as well. Thank you for reading and sharing!
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This brings back so many memories of my childhood 😊. My summers were spent riding my bike 🚲, running through fields, hiking through the forest and sitting along a brook full of trout 🥰. Even now when I’m in the forest I need only to close my eyes and take a deep breath and those memories come rushing back 😌 !! How ever, two things come to mind that have changed. School no longer interrupts those moments and I no longer hear the backyard bell 🔔 that my Mother would ring telling me…… suppers on the table 🥲. Beautifully written Amy 💗
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Thank you Danny! Wow, I had forgotten we had a dinner bell as well. Thanks for sharing your beautiful memories and reminding me of that. Your comment is a bit like a poem
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Lots of memories in this. Very well written
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Thank you 🙂
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Incredible beautiful poetry!!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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