“When the lights go out” | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. “When the lights go out”

“When the lights go out”

January 21, 2010
By sidneyaburns GOLD, Schoharie, New York
More by this author
sidneyaburns GOLD, Schoharie, New York
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

loving arms, grow frail.
Aged eyes, a cataract stare.
Bound eternally together, hand in hand.
A pale beauty tells a tale decades old.
Hardships and struggles, sink into skin.
As time turns present to past.
The wise, modest mind slips.
As his ring reminds her of happier days.

© Anna P., Poulsbo, WA

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Doll House Living
By sgrace SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
sgrace SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
5 articles 22 photos 18 comments
View profile
Poetry
'' FLY ''
By MONKEE426 GOLD
Minnesota, Minnesota
MONKEE426 GOLD, Minnesota, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live--So Live It To The Fuller

View profile
Poetry
A World of Problems
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
you see me
By XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER
Des Moines, Iowa
XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER, Des Moines, Iowa
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
to be or not to be that is the question

View profile
Poetry
Combine
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Broken Harmony
By JoJo<3 BRONZE
Marseilles, Illinois
JoJo<3 BRONZE, Marseilles, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.