Elegy in Time

That was me,
That was then.
If not now,
Then when?

No, I can't go.
I am afraid!
I don't know?!
And so I stayed.

All are gone.
Some have died,
Some have moved on.
God knows; I tried!

Everywhere I go
Spirits are near.
Who was to know,
It took time to see clear.

Walk the walk
But, the heros are gone.
Talk the talk,
But, time has moved on.

Yet; here we remain.
The Earth's axis has shifted.
There's been changes; some retain.
Clouds of forboding have lifted.

They would want us to carry on,
We must not rest on their laurels.
The halcyon days are Not gone,
The future and past exist as parallels.

One door closes, one opens a crack.
We mustn't mourn times passing.
While crying and looking back,
What is in motion stops progressing.

Liz e LaVenture 5/7/14