~
Slowly, one by one,
day by day,
another fragment is lost
from the jigsaw of one’s lifetime,
a tiny hole, a crumpled box,
carefully taken down
from time to time
and given a dusty shake,
another vital piece lost
the picture incomplete,
thus, boyhood heroes pass
cinema beauties wither
music falls silently out of vogue,
life’s usual boundaries curl and fox
vision thins to vague
as the picture slowly fades
dust to dust.
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© Graham R Sherwood 10/23
grahamrichardsherwood.co.uk 