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Lost Too Soon



Days long ago

are the ones that hurt

when we realize what came before

and know can never be again.



They are the ones

that in our hearts feel the worst,

and at the same time feel the best.

We cannot stop from growing old,

but we can stop growing up.

In us all is the child that once was.



Our hearts are a cruel trick of nature

that holds tightly to things better lost,

but lost too soon.

I know it best to let go,

but yet can’t bring myself to it.

The pain carried around so long is now gone

but in its place is the most hurtful happiness.



I look back at the days long ago,

and see how foolish I really was

with the passage of more time I’ll look to today

and feel the same as I do about yesteryear,

and say the same.



Looking back on days long passed

looking at the days long ago

I see a confused child lost in his own world.

The world of days long ago!

Casper McConkie

5/11/99