Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Ache

Not even fools deny the ache
That rends us all, but only they
Claim to assuage it.

The rest of us just sing to it
And force our hearts to bring to it
The sadness of our aging.

Time is a stream that swells in spring,
Gathering speed with the sort of change
That puts us off remembering.

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