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