Long Before Now Gone

Faded photo memories from long before now gone

Tells of life that grew to age in which we once belonged

From hill and dale across the lands where tree and stump still stand

Lives the tales of past gone days of every child of man

Who wandered here among the rays of sunlit skies of blue

To sit beneath the starry skies of night drenched silver hues

Near campfire sites or front porch chairs in groups or solitaire

Breathing in the thoughts of mind from living's daily cares

Where chore and duty recompensed their own reward to see

In fields of harvest swaying in the passing by of breeze

While weathered skin kept daily count of both a smile and worry

Teaching all who tended task that living would assuredly

Need our presence to bring forth our own best hands to make

Another day for living life as photos gently fade.

Jade Jaspers