Have we forgotten

In the midst of growing old,

The things that meant so much to us

So very long ago?

The faces,

Those moments of the time

We loved so well.

Can we remember all that was said

Those hope filled thoughts and words

That guided our futures

Which is now our today?

Memories are but fleeting glimpses

Of whom we were,

But never who we became.

Keep your memories alive

Never tuck them away,

For they will keep us sane;

A salve to ease the pain

Of waking from our youthful dreams

And finding that today

Is not our dreams of yesterday.