Valley Voice poem: 'Learning through Time'
What seems like yesterday, was long ago.So much Truth has been forgotten, or glossed;Time has its own way of letting you know.
Thinking back on all the things I’d outgrow,And wondering at the need, or the cost;What seems like yesterday was long ago.
Perhaps next time through I'll choose to foregoExploring territory; Left uncrossedTime has its own way of letting you know.
Changed, yet unchanged, in this shrinking tableau,Knowing that nothing stays; Everything’s tossed.What seems like yesterday was long ago.
Slipping through the past’s a mistake, you know;Best to think before the line has been crossed.Time has its own way of letting you know.
Our brief lifetimes are shorterSeek and embrace Truth before all is lost.What seems like yesterday was long ago,Time has its own way of letting you know.
Michael Seeger is a poet and educator residing in Cathedral City. Prior to his life as a middle school English instructor, he worked as a technical writer for a baseball card company and served as a Marine infantry officer during Desert Storm. Email him at Hemingwayhero@dc.rr.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Valley Voice poem: 'Learning through Time'
