Did We Notice
Emily: Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?
– every, every minute?
Stage Manager: No. The saints and poets, maybe they do some...
~Quotes from the play Our Town, by Thornton Wilder~
Moments passed
The cameras flashed
Photographed moments, I've amassed.
Now in my album pages stashed.
I've the photos in a book, I see them now,
A shadowed look
A thousand years ago it seems,
We spoke of life and future dreams
Lulled by the notes of speakers blast
Tunes of a present flying fast
Did I see you? Did I notice?
You, sinking like a precious Lotus
.
Always in hope, our song's refrain
Throughout life's ills, you rose again
Now, turning every album page
deeper I look, a precious ponder,
You had ever been my sage
You're now past this earthly wander
Flown beyond this sphere and stage
Had I really noticed you, and did you notice me?
The moments fled too quickly,
Into eternity.
Moments passed, the cameras flashed
Of photographed moments, I've amassed.
Now in aging albums
On shelves of walnut stashed.
Oh life, you are too wonderful, and earth, so beautiful.
And, time, you are deceitful, dead moments, sorrowful!
Years are passing quickly into long eternity.
The faces near and dear to us, oh, do we really see?
Each day a precious closing gift, like petals of the lotus
How many smiles came our way, please tell me, did we notice?
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Bj Legros Kelley
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