WALKING BACK IN TIME

On our morning walk the other day as we headed to the shore

we passed a house I am certain we’ve passed a thousand times before

But that day my morning routine didn’t follow its usual paradigm

I found myself as we neared the house…walking back in time.

I remember long ago a ‘For Sale’ sign…standing proudly on this lawn

I remember walking by one day and the ‘For Sale’ sign was gone.

I remember the young couple who bought this house

their two cars in this driveway…how their happiness filled the air

I remember one year later…only one car parking there.

I remember the black Labrador who lived here…

We would pet him…see his toys strewn upon the lawn

each year he seemed to walk a little slower

then one day…he was gone…

I remember a new ‘For Sale’ sign…

Going up…coming down…and thinking…isn’t it strange…

how as we’ve walked by this house each day…lives have rearranged?

And as we returned to our house I had to smile at all the changes we have seen

from our first days together…to this moment…and all those moments in between.

We’ve been blessed with many moments…moments we adore

Children…grandchildren…friends and pets…have all walked through our door.

And though the house isn’t as crowded as it once was…

time flows steadily…ever fast

the silent, quiet moments still mix with echoes of the past.

There will come a day I imagine when the two of us will be gone

and there will be a for sale sign standing proudly on our lawn…

I hope when that day comes another couple will shift their normal paradigm

pause a moment in the present…and enjoy a walk back into time.