PAST, NOW, FUTURE

PAST, NOW, FUTURE

If now is the future that I dreamed of in the past,

Then the dreams I have now will be here in a flash.

The past is held in the highest of esteem.

Now is just existence and the future is but a dream.

I have a past that went by very fast.

I can see the future and it seems very vast.

The future fads away to now as I try to get a grasp.

I try to live in the now, but the next thing I know it’s all in the past.

Do not judge me by the things that have gone by.

I wanted things to be different but all I can do is cry.

I want you to see me now for what I can do.

Don’t focus on words that were written before you.

There are things from the past that’s not my best.

If you find those things, please let them rest.

Some things can follow you through time and space.

Things from the past have a way of smacking you in the face.

There are words that were written that were meant to rhyme.

Some words were written relating to a certain time.

Words from the past have to give way to what’s written now.

Just like the words from now will find a new meaning in the future somehow.

When the past was now, I wondered if the future had love for me.

Now in the future from the past, someone turned the lights on and now I can see.

I’m with you now but I can’t help thinking about our past.

I think about the future and wonder if love ever last.

The past is over but you have to give it its due.

We can’t help thinking about the future and all that’s shinny and new.

The past becomes the future and the future becomes the past.

I’m sitting here in the now, but it’s changing very fast.

STANLEY HENDRIX

12/20/15