Nostalgia (or Zen and the Art of Time Travel)

Nostalgia (or Zen and the Art of Time Travel)

by Dave Brey

There was a time when…we were born we were young all we did was enjoy ourselvesall that mattered was the joy we felt around uswe were at one with the worldthe world was at one with usthe most interesting thing in life was the moment we breathed and noticedthe least of our worries was worryingall that was good was just goodthe world did not revolve around usthe morning dew was wet and newthe Shamrock Shake had the greatest tasteour slippers were the only thing we put on out of bed all dayour dreams were greater than our worriesour thoughts were more often than not on otherswe did not think twice about holding handsour minds were not made upthoughts did not control our livestime flew bywe felt creativewe let ourselves shinewe pursued our passionlife was a joy to be livedmemories were not forgotten
we all shared something with someone somewhereour greatest goals seemed achievablewe owed no one anythingwe owed everyone everythingwe burned with energywe slept like babieswe learned to readwe learned to writewe did not think anything of learning something newwe were not afraidwe were not sickwe did not get tiredwe burned brighter than the sunwe lived life on our own termswe spent as much time outside as possiblewe watched the sun go downwe watched the sun come upwe learned how to sharewe did not know what a fake smile waswe went with the flowWe cannot go back in time, but we can repeat the past. Harvest your memories. Share yourself. Shine your light. By embracing yesterday, make tomorrow brighter than today.