And Then It Was Winter

And Then It Was Winter Time has a way of moving So quickly that you’re caught unaware The future seems far in the future Then all at once it’s right there It seems like only yesterday I was among the young Just married with a young child Our lives had just begun Yet now it seems eons ago The years just came and went I glimpse of how it used to be How my hopes and dreams were spent But here it is – it’s winter The winter of my life Somehow it got here way too fast My memories are rife I remember seeing old folks Thinking that was years away I didn’t have to think of it That is until today So here it is – my winter And I can see the change I’m older and I’m slower And the young now seem so strange I find taking a shower Is a target for the day A nap is not a treat I take It’s my mandatory way I advance into this season Unprepared for aches and pains The loss of strength and memory A walker and some canes Regrets? Sure there are things I’ve done And things I didn’t do But I’ve lived a happy lifetime Regrets? There are so few If you’re not yet in your winter Please do take some advice It’ll be here quicker than you think Time does not suffice Whatever you’d like to accomplish In your life time – do it now Don’t put it off till later For laters pass somehow And you haven’t got a promice That you’ll live to see all seasons Life sometimes is fleeting Comes and goes without the reasons Live for today – say all the things You want loved ones now to hear Tell them to live their life in full For their winter may be near My spring was fun and full of life My summer days were thinner My fall was fat and happy And then it was my winter March 2013