Forty years my how the time goes by <br />Yet in an instant I can recall it all in my mind <br />Memories of those times still bring tears to my eyes <br />A phrase, a gesture that infectious grin <br />This young Senator gave us hope and we believed and followed him <br />We were so young back then <br />Looking for the answers to those questions of how, why and when <br />It's said that time clouds one's memory <br />Only allowing us to remember and see what we want it to be <br />But forty years ago those of us who were the country's youth will never forget Bobby <br />I often think if fate has passed him that day <br />Would our country be different today <br />Now he's in our memories <br />The youth of today will never know the man named Bobby <br />Forty years ago and young Senator died <br />Forty years later we still seek the answers to the questions how and when but most of all why<br /><br />Louise Riveiro Mitchell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forty-years-ago/
