Poet’s Showcase

Today

By Mary Reavis

Because I am old

Must I forget

The eyes of a child,

The song of a bird,

The stars that shine,

Precious memories

That are mine?

Must I not dance

Now that I’m slow

Remember only sorrows I know

Have no song in my heart?

No, I will keep a song in

In my heart

Until the day I depart!

Mary Reavis lives in Lawrence.