Living
Sometimes
From The Little Book of Modern Verse (1913)
Living
Across the fields of yesterday
He sometimes comes to me,
A little lad just back from play --
The lad I used to be.
And yet he smiles so wistfully
Once he has crept within,
I wonder if he hopes to see
The man I might have been.
Cite this poem
MLA
Jones, Thomas S., Jr. “Sometimes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jones_ts/2/.
Chicago
Jones, Thomas S., Jr. “Sometimes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jones_ts/2/.
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