Written by T. Davis

In my youth

I never expected to survive through my mid-40’s.

Now, each day and every year

Is a gift filled with family, friendship, love and adventure

Learning through knowledge gained

Living life fully

Provides lessons

Filled with wisdom and mistakes

Mourning life lost

Provides the gift

Of touching love

Warmly recollecting and missing

Those gone before me

Remember those who live life with vigor

Will not leave with vague memories

Nor feel the stale taste of time lost

We will leave it

With minds rushing like a speeding locomotive

Each new view

Growing into a memory

Saved for the past

Vivid in my thoughts

Felt with the same intensity

I originally lived it

Finishing out these years

Renewed for the long journey’s end