How do things just slip away!?

How do things just slip away?
Blink your eyes and all has changed.
What was known,
just yesterday,
has now been re-arranged.

Looking back on all the years,
those times, again,
I long to hold.
All has changed -
and, suddenly -I am old!

And now I have to find new roads,
search out new goals to keep in sight.…
find new ways to spend my time,
however trivial or trite!
Playing ‘catch-up’ in my life-

while seeking joy and happiness-

is sometimes 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,now,
I’m trying to make real!
Songs, unsung, books, unreadand friends to share in these,
I’ve found!
Still, this way’s a little strange…
This new 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.