Poem: How Do Things Just Slip Away?

...A sad poem of passing time...



How Do Things Just Slip Away?


How do things just slip away?
In a flash, it all has flown.
What was known just yesterday
-I find, today- is gone.

Looking back on all the years,
those times, again, I long to hold.
Time has passed - my children grown-
and, suddenly, I am old!

Now I need to find new roads,
search out new goals to keep in sight.
Discover things to interest me…
however trivial or trite!

Playing ‘catch-up’ in my life-
while seeking joy and happiness-
is often hard and full of strife.
Sometimes exciting, nonetheless!

I look for beauty in each day.
The blanks I’ve missed, I try to fill.
The music, lost along the way,
I’m trying to make real.

Songs, unsung- books, unread
and friends to share in these, I’ve found!
Still, this way is somewhat strange…
this road on which I’m bound!

Things do change, time slips away.
…And in a blink, I find I’m old…
Time weighs heavy on my heart.
And trite and trivial are my goals.


June Kellum
July 2005


Photo #1

Our grandkids
Oldest to youngest
Dan, Brian, Zach and Alli (1995)


Photo#2

Chris, June (mom) with Tina, Charles(Dad) with Tammy