Once WAS…
Kevin Ross
Going thru some boxes when I came across the key
I had to take a seat and look and what once was called
me
Flipping thru the photographs of who I used to be
The love I shared and all the friends had brought a
smile to me
There was a cloud of sadness too, that had crept over
me
The friends that died who’d never see all that they
could be
But I’m alive so why must I… feel life has passed
THEM by
If I am reaching for the past living a life of lies
Flipping thru those old pictures of who I used to be
My hope was great and life was lived on possibilities
Then I’d hit a ton of bricks of similarities
Old photographs inside a box is who I’d COME to be…
In search of something greater that is right in front
of me,
I chose to reach into the past that once was meant to
be
I slowly lost ambition and my source of energy
Still looking for those things that used to bring the
joy to me
I’m older now and wiser cause what’s left and what I
see
Are years gone by and growth that died not living
truthfully
What once was WAS what could be IS. I’ve come to learn
the deed,
that looking back eliminates the life in front of me
I must face I can’t erase what once was meant to be
But I can draw the sketch of what life has to offer me
The love I had and friends that shared a good time
here and there
Is only but a memory with nothing left to spare
What once was WAS , what could be IS I need to get
that right
Cause what could be tomorrow … is still greater than
last night
With than in mind, I put the pictures back inside the
key
Tucked away inside my mind of what once was for me
As I move on, I now feel strong about my future deeds
Cause I can’t live for what once was, it’s not enough
for me.
As Ever
Kevin
