Capture This Moment in the Palm of My Hand and Hold Onto its Beauty Forever

I cry like a fox whose voice
Reverberates throughout the woods
Reflected by the trees
And absorbed by the peat
Child’s mind like a sponge
Flourishing wonder inquiry invention
Flower so delicate fiery tender
Young and impressionable
Young and intelligent
And an hourglass that sits on the
Table at home ticking away
Until the heart of childhood stops
And the light of youth goes out
Tears streaming down and forever
Leave my body and run away to
A new temporary vessel
As your beauty is temporary
As your heart is so you
The pictures you drew
And the stories you told
A moment in time
A moment I can’t capture
A moment I can’t freeze
Your aging mind
Your smile so pretty
Matured like a lion
I will forever mourn
The heart I used to love