Echoes in a Stranger's Laugh

Sidewalk colors fade under my feet

Sun drops shadows where old stories meet

Crowded faces, neon blurs the past

I catch a laugh—a memory comes back fast

Sound drifts on the smoky autumn air

It’s a voice I know, from somewhere

Old echoes calling in today’s disguise

Blink and the moment flies

I saw my childhood in a stranger’s laugh

A fragment of sunshine I thought was lost

Dancing with time, just out of my grasp

Smiling at memories that come at a cost

Can you hear the echo I carry on?

Candy wrappers stuck to my shoe

Broken swings singing songs I outgrew

Chasing hoops on dusty, endless streets

Now I watch children and remember that beat

Sound drifts on the smoky autumn air

It’s a voice I know, from somewhere

Old echoes calling in today’s disguise

Blink and the moment flies

I saw my childhood in a stranger’s laugh

A fragment of sunshine I thought was lost

Dancing with time, just out of my grasp

Smiling at memories that come at a cost

Can you hear the echo I carry on?

Years folded in the palm of my hand

Dreams slipping out, just like the sand

But in that fleeting joyful sound

I found a piece that’s not yet drowned

I saw my childhood in a stranger’s laugh

A fragment of sunshine I thought was lost

Dancing with time, just out of my grasp

Smiling at memories that come at a cost

Can you hear the echo I carry on?Walking home with distant eyes

Chasing echoes ‘neath the sky

I breathe in the past with every sigh