Remembrance

In the distance sounds of happiness ring  
as a nighttime star guides so many home  
echoes of those times have slipped away  
leaving remembrance of our once last kiss  
 
Lips chapped and cracked  
lost a thousand years  
that honeysuckle taste of ecstasy​  
has up and ran off  
and my memories are fading too  
 
I long for the days where heartbeats filled this soul  
where new days were an adventure  
and that good morning smile made me whole  
 
Life why have you stopped for me  
as I watch the others go  
why do you still torture me  
and leave me feeling low