The days used to be longer
As a child I remember it this way
Summers were forever too short
Leaving a longing for the last school day.
Forever, it seemed, for a year to come
Another marker to pass
A birthday so far beyond
And waiting 'til the very last.
The sky was once bluer
I remember it used to be so
Different from now the hue
It all passed so slow...

Yet, a tide has turned
A breath has been lost
A freedom is gone
What was the cost?
An innocence gone
A right proven wrong
The clock moves forward
And for those days I still long...

It makes sense to those
Who choose to look inside
To understand the message complete
And to never deride
What comes is to come
No regret or revelation to rely
Time is an enemy and your only true friend
And this we cannot ever deny.