The magic is real

When I see you smile

Watch you briskly move

I stand amazed

Fifteen summers ago

A new soul was born

We almost traded lives

And here you stand tall

Proof that magic is real

That seeds grow into trees

An unexpected gift to us

Wisdom beyond your years

I take daily lessons from you

That love is mysterious

How she captures your heart

Simultaneously setting it free.

Race of time

You win again.

Filled with resolution,

Fiery determination,

I sprinted and strutted.

Predicting your pace,

How was I to know-

The Spring in your step

The mottled colours of your Fall?

Numbed by your Winter’s breath,

Wilted in your Summer’s heat.

Turning now, there you go again-

Leaving me behind…

With remnants, the residue remains.

Soon, just a ghost of a year

That will haunt yellowed pages

Of history books, stacked high!

A flickering, fleeting wind-

You win again, the race of time,

Blasting the world record-

Filled with olympic breaking news!

Leaving surprised losers everywhere!