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• PASSAGE OF TIME

  
  
  

  Remember When

  
  We were young
  We were
  just little ones
  We used to play
  How
  we were
  when we were one.
          
  Way back
  then the times
  were young,
  
  life was easy
  for us then
  for we had
  our innocence
  Play
  was
  the only thing
  we knew.
  
  then
  we grew
  into our lives
  time seemed
  to change their ways
  For
  our eyes
  were opened
  to the view.
  
  not all
  of what
  we've seen was liked
  for life
  only showed the truth
  It
  was up to us
  to face it all.
  
  even
  though
  it made us cry
  Laugh
  at the way it went.
  
  times
  were good
  times were bad
  Life
  had its ways
  to cure our blues.
  
  It gave us
  happiness and love.
  
  with this love
  it gave us pain
  now
  our eyes
  are opened wide
  Now
   we grew
  into our love.
  
  To feel
  the growing pain
  of impatient youth.
  
  Did
  we try
  to burn our life out?
  trying
  to do all we can
  For
  we thought
  we only had today.
  
  how wrong
  we were,
  When finding
  how many
  mistakes, WE  made.
  
  By
  being
  foolish with ourselves.
  
  How many times
  did it take to learn?
  We
  are only
  what we make.
  
  How many loves
  did we lose?
  Not
  being what we were.
  
  Trying
  to impress
  a little girl or boy.
  
  to show them
  you were grown up,
  A man or woman
  of the world.
                                                 
  Doing things 
  only youth would do.
  
  Did you measure
  how big you were?
  By being
  the biggest fool
  of them all.
  
  Taking
  chances with your life.
  
  for it only took
  common sense
  To know
  how wrong you were.
  
  Did we
  listen to ourselves?
  Only when
  it brought us pain.
  
  Sometimes
  even tragedy.
  
  a painful
  sorrow to experience
  That
  cost us life and youth. 
  
  When
  we passed
  the burning years.
  
  we saw
  how foolish
  we had been
  Wondered
  how we
  got this far.
  
  In the year
  that we are in.
  
  now
  we are
  more aware of life
  We
  see  life
  has taught us
  many things.
  
  Not all
  did.  We want
  to be a lessons.
  
  our experiences
  were good
  If
  we learn
  from the bad.
  
  even though
  we are older
  We still
  have allotted to learn.
  
  life has
  many things
  in a store
  We
  can only know
  when it reaches
  our door.
  
  How
  we receive it.
  
  Will be
  our gift or destruction.
  
  when
  we look behind
  We’ll
  have our blessing.
  
  we can
  look back
  to the good times
  
  To Remember.
  
  Edgar Allan Prieto
  June 4,1979
  
  Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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