20 years ago today

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Greg turning 50 a couple of years ago didn't make me feel old.

Turning 40 this year didn't make me feel old.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie Crash in Scotland.

Having a friend that's been dead longer than she was alive... that makes me feel old.

I wrote this nearly 20 years ago.

How was England

I tried to write something new this week, something to bookend 20 years and give a current perspective...

I came up with this.



IT STILL HAPPENS

IT STILL HAPPENS
EVERY NOW AND THEN
A LOOK
A FEELING
AND THEN THERE YOU ARE AGAIN
NOT EVERY SINGLE DAY
WHO COULD LIVE THAT WAY?

BUT IT STILL HAPPENS
EVERY HERE AND THERE
A SCENT
A COLOR
SOMETHING HANGING IN THE AIR
NOW MAYBE ONCE A YEAR
YOU SUDDENLY APPEAR

THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS
I NO LONGER HAVE TO CLUTCH MYSELF AND CRY
NOW IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYE
NOW I DON’T SPEND HOURS STARING BLANKLY AT THE SKY
ASKING WHY?

I’M GLAD IT HAPPENS
AND WHEN IT DOES
I ABANDON ALL THAT IS
AND I WALLOW IN WHAT WAS

THESE MOMENTS COME
THESE MOMENTS GO
THEY DON’T STOP ME IN MY TRACKS
THEY’RE NOT AN AGONIZING BLOW
IT’S ONLY YOU
OR SOME FRAGMENT OF
IT STILL HAPPENS
IT WILL HAPPEN
AND WHEN IT HAPPENS
ALL THAT’S LEFT NOW
IS THE LOVE

Cross-posted from http://www.lijoi.com