Bend My Light

I think back of days long gone									
memories of right or wrong 										
being weak or strong.											
These routinely resonate,									 
beaches glistening, montains snowing, 								
children misbehaving, our parenting,									
wife laughing then crying.										
I have nothing.
								
I gaze to the future 											
where dreams live forever..									
Dancing and holding my love,										
our flight of the dove.											
My children visit shining their light									
soaring like eagles in full flight.										
My heart is lifted, full of gold										
a true patriarch will never grow old.
	
Happened and may happen is not a happening.							
They are immutable events,										
one in the grave the other yet no benefits. 								
Present presents the grandest presence.								
Every tick of the clock											
a thought, a calculation, a reaction, a decision. 								
These things occur with or without precision,							
changing the course of destiny yet to be found.							
It is here where I will stand my ground. 							
Memories and dreams will always be in flight,								
but in the present I shall bend my light.
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