Aging

A Promise That I Keepby SongYong

Birthdays keep coming
Adding onto each other.
Children leave.
Parents pass.
Empty rooms scream in silence
where once laughter reigned.
Long remembered voices echo in solitude,
Old-age quickly approaches.

Your turn…
THEME: Aging

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