PEAKS AND VALLEYS

Peakes and Valleys

Too brittle boned

To roam,

Too weary

To chase rainbows

Upon mountain tops.

My heart is spent

Life’s pursuits

Has worn it out ,

My gushing valleys

Are depleted,

My hunger

Quietly receded.

All that I ever craved

Went to slumber

A million moons ago,

I was once a dreamer,

But now, I dream no more.

Weeds grow in my garden,

The roses died long ago,

I have become

Bits and pieces of

What once was,

Departure arrives soon,

So I sit in silence

Sipping tea leaves

Of gratitude,

Remembering with a smile,

All that has come and gone,

And all to come.