The past shimmers in my memory like a mirage
Rose colored scenes of days long past spent
Laughing faces locked in a moment of passing joy
Fades into a glance at love just blooming
Hands locked as if time will never make a difference

Careworn faces from a childhood locked inside
Smile lovingly in ways almost forgotten that
Rekindle feelings of security and affirmation
Lost somewhere along life's formidable pathways

Cries of newborn inheritors of an uncertain world
Resonate in a nursery in a home pulsating with
Growth and love and a family growing up and out

Shimmering glances of life gone by warming the heart
Nourishing the soul that is ragged from the journey
Little peaceful coves of memory helping us home

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