Memories of Today

Memories of Today
Dedicated to my
Grandmother,
Mazie


I am still young and keen;
But, I cannot remember when I was seventeen.
Today is so vivid;
That it makes yesterday quite livid.
Is that why you hear old people say,
“I can remember things that happen twenty years ago better than today?”
When you get old do you quit making memories to last?
Is that why they so easily recollect times pass?
Everyday make a memory to safely tuck away into your mind,
Because one day all that you may have is what you left behind.
What of today, what of tomorrow, what of times pass—
Does the future really forever last?
God knows our troubles, and trials and times.
Look not tomorrow for what today you can find.
Today, lift your voice and sing God your praise,
Because tomorrow may never hold your gaze.

Published in America at the Millennium, The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century