Oh you,
why do you no longer try?
where has the sense of life slipped away to,
the sudden fleeting but warm and pleasant
moments that ignite a tender sparkle in your eyes,
where is the clear, ringing laugh resounding from
your heart, where went the desire to raise the corner
of your soft, cherry lips in a half- suppressed, bemused smile
why no longer do your hands dance upon the paper,
pressing the dark lead onto the open space consuming
your delicacies of ideas and marks of thriving color,
why ever neglect to gaze towards the fresh fields
and drink in the golden sunset gracefully falling
into your tenderly cupped hands, and let the warm,
sweet breeze kiss your soft, rosy face, let the magical
glowing lantern lights of fireflies light your way home,
let me hear you speak again, your soft, strong, poetic voice
your penetrating, rough and smooth deep words
cradling new inspirations in my mind,
let me see you turn your face to the horizon once again
with a look of enlightened awe and love,
show me again that the world is something to fight for,
that life is worth living and we may die
but we never lose the best parts of ourselves, the ones
we grow into, the ones where we learn how to
value and forgive, love and remember,

Please,
**show me again

that life is worth living.