Faces of the past ...

Ecclesiastes 4:15-16 

¹⁵ I considered all the living who walk on earth,
as well as the successor who would arise in his place.
¹⁶ There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations,
yet future generations will not rejoice in him.
This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.

Faces of the past

Faces of the past … knocking on the door

Dreams of yesterday … reaching for the surface

Things that won’t last … getting to the core

Never had to pay … in the loss of purpose

Slowing down a bit … out of my control

Time once mine … in someone else’s grasp

Like a double hit … loosing one’s own goal

in a slow decline … towards a final gasp

Reality in hand … slowly fading sight

All seems blurred … in a fallen way

Not to understand … soft approaching fright

that seems curled … for the coming day

Waiting simply for … the most uncertain breath

as it slightly hisses … seeking to escape

What we’re hoping for … in this aftermath

of forgiven mischief ... dropping now all fake

Appearing as we are … unwrapped to the core

for all to observe … without any cover

Truth not too far … depravity’s galore

It takes lots of nerve … then not to bother