On the internet when I look at photos from my Hometown some familiar faces I see <br />All of the people I grew up with they seem to be ageing like me <br />Yet by their faces I recognize them though they too are showing life's wear and tear <br />They stayed at home and raised their children whilst I went off to live elsewhere. <br /> <br />Some of the people I grew up with never had children whilst others are the Grandparents of today <br />But with me they share one thing in common old age from us not far away <br />We once had many things in common though young people as they age apart seem to grow <br />To them now I would seem a stranger and not the one they once did know. <br /> <br />We never thought that we would grow old or thought of life's journey ahead <br />Some of the children I grew up with are now numbered amongst the dead <br />We thought we would stay young forever but time of us all does take care <br />Few who are well into their fifties are blessed with a full head of hair. <br /> <br />Images of some of those I grew up with on the internet though young none of us ever stay <br />I recognize them by their faces though time has left them looking gray <br />Since I am one of those who migrated I envy them their sense of place <br />And I do feel a bit nostalgic at the image of a familiar face.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-seeing-images-on-the-internet/
