The thumping of memories
The carpet-clad, wooden steps
Worn loose over years afoot
A bumpy, fun makeshift slide
The creaky runway downhill
Accompanied by a mandatory
Thump and bump hah-hah-hah-hah
A passage of childhood
A time that has passed beyond
Never to be again
The little joys that are long gone
No voices to be heard
An era that time wiped away
Now age is an only companion
The fading pulse of life
It ebbs in its thready flows
There are only steps to ascend
I hope, not a run down
Though the voyage be alone
Alit in hope and happiness
With a stilled smirk to end it all