Paul Gerard Reed

Old Photographs

The setting sun is softening the edges

And, suddenly, we don\'t have time anymore

So many years spent looking forward

Now just looking back at closed doors;

 

The days when we sprung like the lark

With gloom thrown in the bin

Now just collecting dusty books to put on a shelf

Old photographs in a toffee tin;

 

Morning freshness passes me by

The race to the night is where I go

Legs that ran a million miles

The sun rises but I stay low;

 

Where do we go from here

Is every breath the last

Those old photographs don\'t lie

Everything is in the past.