The Passed

Live in the present
I've been told.
If you spend time
in the past,
you rob yourself of today

I am a senior citizen
I spend most of my time
with other senior citizens.
We are a friendly, pleasant group
Though sometimes we get cranky
and we get in little spats
That's OK
I love to connect with their pleading eyes,
hoping for a smile and a wave.
I love to visit with them,
Listen to their stories
that filled their past.

Sometimes their precious spirits
slip away
and they are just gone
forever
Their space is vacant

The past that I am building now
holds these lovely people
It's worth remembering.