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'Joy of ageing' poetry competition runner-up Joanne Carter:

naivety

our days‚ ageing photographs‚ drained of colour‚ fade
shading memories where sunlight once played
companion‚ joy‚ a boy we thought would never age
uncaged our souls and led the dance
chances were spent on so vast a stage of light and love
while above dreams flew waiting to be caught

no thought for reality‚ carrying on the act
denying the fact‚ that the spectre of time was unimpressed
we could only guess at the twist he would bring about
to flout our assumption of a well applauded end
no friend was he‚ for you or me
we were not aware of the descending curtain

so certain of a longer run‚ brighter sun in which we could  stand
while many hands rewarded with each encore
no more time‚ the curtain is down between us now and forever
never again a line shall pass to each
my reach cannot go beyond the veil
so ends the tale‚ our unpredictable story
lost the earthly glory‚ we did seek

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