Echoes of Freedom

Shadows, they grow Adulthood's home I glance outside my past What's fading is youth, it couldn't last Shadows, they show Innocence's final throes Dreams, once aglow Now trade for truth, in wisdom's clasped grasp Twilight of play, now dusk's overcast Shadows, so slow Marking time's steady flow Life steeped in deepening hues, childhood's surpassed Gone, the green fields, where our laughter soared Echoes of freedom, a life unexplored Memories, they flicker, like stars in the night Yearning for moments, when joy took its flight Shadows, they whisper Tales of days that were bold