Saturday, January 19, 2013

the circle of friends




The circle of friends
In the village once I came
The youth of the time
The voices of the young

The games that we enjoyed
The rocket, the marbles and fighting fishes
The kite flying and chasing fallen ones
The rushing into a focus

The gangs that were
The police came to arrest
The circle of friends
Slowly all disappeared

Thinking back it was the youth
The years of trying to be independent
The girls that we could imagine
In the glossy covers of magazines

The youth of care free years
Nothing to worry about finding money
We were happy running around
In the village before developments came

The circle of friends
Each gone to separate way
When the village was redeveloped
The footprints only stay in memory

The circle of friends
Nothing was heard of them
They are the ghosts in memory
In the village where we came

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