Sweet Sadness...

Where did those days go?
Locked in a cage
behind bars that will not bend
or move.

I can see them now
swarming and rushing,
trying to break free,
trying to escape.

Memories: they pound.
Hopes: they speak.
Troubles: they laugh
Dreams: they return.

But those days...
those days are gone forever.
What once was, is no more,
can never be again.

Simplicity...it may exist
but not like that,
it does not taste the same.
It has grown into something more...

Yet...there is no sorrow.
Memories, filled with love
may be filled with longing
but not sorrow, for sorrow holds regret.

There is sweet sadness, not bitter,
a joy in the remembrance
and letting go with tears
brings a smile to the heart.