The past is slowly fading now
Like some dim fantasy
The things I knew, and all I felt
Seem but pointless reverie
I close my eyes, remembering
Yet my thoughts keep pushing on
The reality of this very day
Is the place where I belong
Today the sun is shining
And this night will bring some rain
Old memories can make me smile
But they also bring such pain
I look bravely to the future
At the road which lies ahead
I'll let go of things that might have been
And embrace this day instead
Karen Shaw Matteson
© 2001
