A Moment Has Gone By...

We all grow up,
as sitting together with the brothers watching a disney movie becomes a memory laden with the background music of popeye the sailor man.
leaving the carefree days of childhood innocence and of thinking your parents are the most perfect people in the world.
we wonder whats come of our friends from primary school days.
who they've grown into; married and had children to?
we remember the tears we shed when our first grandparent died, or if not, the first death experienced,
and of our parents explaining how all life has to eventually come to an end.
you cry some more thinking of losing more family, wishing life was immortal.
the first death always brings with it, this eternal fear of death.

Now you look at where you stand?
Who's around you? do you see your youngself in the eyes of your kids?
surely you've experienced the pang of goodbyes, of heartaches,
experienced the brutality of society..even family,
as people grow into the persons they are today and lifes many dissenting opinions bare down on us.
have you ever wondered what happened to all those years in between? a decade has gone by. maybe two. are u living off of just memories or are you building upon those that precede the present day?
they say blood is thicker than water, i dont know why they compare family to friends? my friends are like a thick mixture of syrup.
take a moment to remember the journey you've been on!