NOTHING STAYS THE SAME:

Time whispers down the long corridors of change,

Taking away the familiar & leaving all the strange,

The café on the corner, changed to different hands,

Where forests once grew, now lie only shifting sands.

 

That bouncing lap where the bonny babe once sat,

Is now only of bone & old flesh that lies soft & flat,

The world of marvel, reflected in young girl´s eyes,

Now that look, is one of the long-lived & very wise.

 

Coffee´s lost its magic & wine doesn’t taste the same,

The world turns, losing wildness & everything we tame,

Man doesn’t bow & lady in the shop no longer smiles,

Different man, different lady, time has waltzed its miles.

 

Change is all there was & is, nothing ever stays the same,

Only you & I together, sharing our bed, our love & name,

We, stubborn in life´s adversity, yet vowing to never bend,

Holding hands forever, two pillars, stalwart to the very end.