As you are now, so once was I…

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I remember the days were longer then—

the skies bluer; the load lighter;

we held the future in our fingertips.

That was long ago,

    when time ran slow…

Now we’re status quo,

    go with the flow—

tripping along a perpetual loop

trying to eke out a living —

wondering where our innocence went.

I still can recall

    how we were going to change the world.

© Ginny Brannan 2018