Time Passes By

Time Passes By

By

Richard Vance



Time passes by...

And although it seems inside
We haven't changed,
This journey sure has taken us
A ways along the road;
Our shoes have worn,
A little gray adorns,
Some wisdom gained
Perhaps,
The newness gone;
But I know for sure
Our love is strong,
And all the happiness remains,
And stays,
To light the way.

Time passes by.....

And smiles given just to me,
I've kept and locked them all away,
The twilight haze and sunny days,
Will stay alive
Within my heart,
So very much a vital part
Of me...

Time passes by...

And I must say,
That mostly all the pain - the rainy days,
Just don't seem to matter all that much;
We simply learn to navigate
The rocky ride;
To certainly arrive
At places that we never dreamed about;
For, in all the scenes
We've traveled hand-in-hand
And stayed the course;
Survived...

Time passes by...

And yes it's true,
There might have been a time or two,
We let it go,
To walk our separate ways
And find a different piece of ground,
A different walk around, but
I can say for sure,
It never lasted all that long,
And we were never very far away
Or out of sight of love's embrace,

And though we've learned
Without a thought,
The way to slip into each other's minds so well,
So often see
The hidden sunsets yet to come,
There's still no guarantee,
No light (just yet)
To tell us what it is
That lies just out beyond horizons bend...

Time passes by...

And in the end,
I know with God's amazing grace,
And angels surely put in place,
We'll walk together,
You and I,
Till the darkness comes,
Once again, we'll surely find,
With peace of mind, that
We have awakened from a dream...