Pictures

I've taken many pictures 

Of things that caught my eye

To freeze in time a moment 

Or help remember why. 

But it's interesting I've missed so much by living day to day

In work and in myself I've always lost my way,

And missed the Truth thats there to see in even little things. 

A picture of my daughter's smile

And the honesty and the joy it brings. 

A picture taken of myself 

Just tells me of my age 

As time keeps ticking on

My days turn one more page

And things I try to keep in mind

And keep from my forgetting 

Just seem to take more time 

and I truly fear regretting 

Not being there for you at times

To give you things you need;

To help you up and talk with you and all the other things I do.  

So I take pictures to freeze in time and capture what I see

So when I hold them in my hand 

I see you loving me. 

Old Age and Treachery

"Old age and treachery 

Will always overcome

Youth and inexperience"

That's what my Dad would say 

To me over and over again

With a triumphant tone

As if to give a warning 

And make me aware that

Defeat was my rite of passage 

To manhood. 

To lose was to learn I learned 

At least from his view. 

So I didn't want to lose 

And I began to embrace treachery, and yes old age 

As much as I could at my young age though I wasn't treacherous 

And I wasn't old. 

But I'm not so young anymore.