Only to find emptiness all around,
No faces to smile at,
No jokes to share,
Yet I walk,
Upright and confident!
Whenever I look back,
I see those faces,
Those times,
Distant memories,
Autographs etched in my mind.
I know have come too far,
Away from the familiar,
Away from spontaneity,
Away from the casual conversation,
Away to another time!
