Texting with one of my sisters tonight
Longing for back in the day
When things seemed alright
Back when we were all at home
In a time before there were
So many cell phones
When we were carefree
For the most part
My sisters and brothers and me
Our whole life ahead of us
Most of our family members
Alive and well and still with us
We had no idea no clue
A few short decades later
There would remain so few
If we had known back then
What we know today
Fewer arguments there might have been
Over motorcycles, music, and friends
If we had only known how time would fly
We would have spent our time differently
More time listening to our parents
More time talking with each other
More time hugging our Grandparents
But we can’t go back to days gone by
Except in our memories
Which sometimes make us cry
So much love was there
But our rebellious hearts
Took us elsewhere
We understand now albeit too late
How many loved ones
Would be taken away
And how very quickly time slips away
Now all we can do is remember
And long for those days
E.A. Fussell
07/03/2018
E. A. Fussell 