In Quiet Nights In quiet nights I reminisce A child’s laugh, a lover’s kiss A careless word’s enduring pain A girl I met once on a train Pleasant times with friends now passed Questions which had not been asked Holding hands in first love’s thrill Some regrets that linger still Success the prize from effort driven A stranger’s kindness, freely given A falling star, the Milky Way TV dinners on a tray Summer’s breeze, a warm caress A shattered glass, clean up the mess Boating on a moonlit lake Saying goodbye at a wake Freshly baked, the smell of bread There’s my daughter being wed “I love you” unsaid all too often As the hearse leaves with her coffin Yawning, heavy eyelids close A prayer to find peace in repose.
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