remembering the long gone years

so many when remembering

the long gone years,
in nostalgic mood they do feel 

moved to tears.

but time it ticks on

and for none seems to wait,
and in death we all do share 

a similar fate.

we remember the past

but the past it has gone,
and the present is what matters

though the clock it ticks on.

the years seem to hurry

we soon grow old and gray,
and feel happy to welcome

the dawn of a new day.

though our young years were happy years

the time ticked on fast,
but we can only live in the present 

since the past is the past.

in bouts of nostalgia some do feel rather sad,
when they think of their good years 

and the good times they have had.