'I never look into the past'

These words I've heard you say

'What's gone has gone forever

Just live for today'

 

Whilst I try to see your logic

Your statement is not true

The past is all you ever say

And everything you do.

 

Experience means doing

An act you did of late

Avoiding making errors

On which to contemplate

 

When all alone is solitude

Do you not know the bliss

Of reliving past encounters

A first meeting, a first kiss.

 

Do you never sit and ponder

Of old friends and family

No longer here in person

Do you let your minds eye see?

 

Do you never think of happy days

Of holidays abroad

Of springtime or of winter

Of Jesus Christ Our Lord

 

If you're living for the present

Then one thing I must say

You're missing things of beauty

Just try it once today