Time Span

How long must I stand here behind family and friends? Will this flame remain constant or last long enough, To signal my direction back to the beginning, before this long pause. Let us not let allow this season to slip through our fingers time has a way of letting things flow, Unspoken tears hold words inside water fading from view before we're completely aware Softly we struggle and gently we weep, it will be daylight only a few moments longer We blink and it's midnight decades have sped somewhere while clocks on the wall fumble and time sleeps, It seems like only yesterday you were here present in my world And now? Gone longer than I think I can remember, or even dare to admit ...