Did I lose you?

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In finding my way through these tortuous lanes of life,
Grappling with the ever-changing immediate,
Confronting, wrestling with that overpowering future,
Running, running all the while to get ahead…
Did I lose you; lose you somewhere my friend…

In shedding that extra load to rise higher,
Dressing up to look better,
Talking smooth to sound sweeter…
In giving to the world what the world wants of me…
Somewhere…somewhere did I lose you my friend…

That carefree soul, innocent spirit,
Fiery idealism, stupefied wonder…
Those silly jokes, that mindless babble…
That naïveté…

Tell me, tell me I didn’t lose you my dear friend…