Farewell To The Dream Poem by Matthew Holloway

A tired and sad farewell
to a dream of younger years
to a time of optimism
to a time now fading in memories
where the days seem boundless
and all possibilities existed
though time like the seasons
is relentless, unstoppable
and now unforgivable
for it weathered and worn
a dream of spring
which never knew it's summer
a heart sinks like the falling leaves
a sombre autumn tale
farewell to the dream of love
farewell to the dream of such a life
and in winters cold nights
I shall build a pyre and sit beside
and through the dark bleak winter
the only fire that shall burn
will be built by hands
and the ashes sewn
into the dead ground