When time was my friend, I'd lollygag and laze <br />It was all in front of me I had so many days <br />When time never entered the passing mind <br />And I thought I had all the time <br />When.... <br /> <br />When lines were not on my face, just spots <br />And I was handsome in my ways and looks I had not lost <br />When fat had not encircle me, and I was young and tight <br />And muscular I was not and never ventured into fight <br />When.... <br /> <br />When all my loved ones were there and all were counted true <br />And I had not found anyone and not thought of you <br />When loss was something that had never shown <br />And sharing caring was in abundance and death was never known <br />When.... <br /> <br />When I found love and shooed it away, only to find again <br />And I was tender in the time and my goodness you could depend <br />When I gave you and you gave me and we just shared and shared <br />And I thought I would always be the one who always cared <br />When.... <br /> <br />When I realized that looking back was not the way <br />And I was not back there but here today <br />When I knew that mortality would grasped my breast <br />And take me down into the Death <br />When....<br /><br />Philip Charles Brown<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-216/
