Time Traveler
I once met a woman
Strange yet so sad
She told her life stories
As she sat next to me
She said she was a time traveler
She had know many lives
And all through her journey
She had been many wives
She told of her time in Tombstone
Where on bar she loved to dance
She was married to the banker
Until embezzlement and greed to a hold
The carried him to the gallows
In the middle of town square
Their they hung her husband
While the whole town it glared
She spoke of a farmer
Who gave her two daughter's and a son
She said he was one of her favorites
He showed her the meaning of love
His death it was tragic
And a bit of a mess
The tractor it ran over him
He had no body, he had no face
She told me a secret
She said it would serve me so well
She said cherish your loved ones
For one day they will not be here
Take in the small moments
Don't worry of the big
For one day you'll learn
It's the surprises that take your breath away
Pass on your kindness
Leave plenty for the future
Your legacy is the meaning of love
And is truly what you will take with you
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