Wendy Darling

Heart of my youth,

how old you have gotten; 

your wrinkles now deep as my love. 

Your shadow is staid, 

while mine dances around you, 

I've watched you grow gray from above.

Heart of my youth,

your adventures are over,

but mine have just only begun.

Your gait is so slow now, 

each footstep unsteady, 

I flit with the ease of the young. 

Heart of my youth,

I remember you fondly,

you come to me often in dreams,

but time passes by you,

it shapes and it alters,

and nothing can stay as it seems. 

Heart of my youth,
we were once bound together,
we faced each new day as a pair.

Now I reach for your shoulder, 

stretch out for your hand, 

and my fingers touch nothing but air.