Summer of Our Youth
a tale of loss and lessons learned
With open heart, perfection without flaw
You were the keeper of our childhood ease
In innocence we feasted in your awe
Blind youth: that carefree summer we did seize
Your earthy scent, your warmth against our skin
A time when you were healthy and alive
Still ignorant of our impending sin
No care or thought for how you would survive
The days of ease before we wrest your gift,
With greed, our blind eyes turned from your malaise
We watch you come untethered and adrift
Care not our wake, your beauty now ablaze
The moment quickly fades to right these wrongs
The moment to reclaim youths’ summer strong
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