Such a Short Space of Time

I love not just those I knew back then, But those who were young Back then, But who've since Come to grief, who, Having soared so high, Found the consequent descent Too dreadful to bear. With my past itself, Which was only yesterday, No, even less time, A moment ago, And when I play Records from 1975, Soul records, Glam records, Progressive records, Twenty years melt away Into nothingness. What is a twenty-year period? Little more than A blink of an eye. How could Such a short space of time Cause such devastation? I love not just those I knew back then, But those who were young back then.