For Ely
Leonard Colton Burton
Truth be told
I am quickly growing old.
So much so,
that I’ve lost the knack
and I’m finding I no longer wish it back.
For my love has been found
and, with her I’m placed,
firmly on this ground.
My life is left in tow,
to all the places we’ll go,
accumulated across the years,
through facing hardships and fears.
Truth be told
we are not so old,
as we let ourselves believe
Parker Matzinger
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