Traveling Down Memory Lane

Travelling Down Memory Lane

What interesting roads we travel

When we head down memory lane;

What images of life fill our vision

As the intersections of our brain

Lead off in so many directions

To paths now obscured by the fog

Of dates and places and people;

Strange things cause our memory to jog.

Our memory lane curves and meanders

Round the corners, o’er the hills of our mind

As the fences and posts mark the boundaries

Of the places we’re trying to find

Now almost lost in the days of our journeys;

Days we wouldn’t bring back if we could;

Yet our thoughts seem to long there to linger

As the ivy entwines round the wood.

In the mist we see shadows of houses;

Broken tree swings where children once played;

Seems like it was only yesterday

When those precious memories were made.

Does memory lane just make a circle;

Bring us back to a time we once knew;

Or does it continue to go on forever

Until it ends somewhere in the blue?

I think we will find the answer

As our children and grandchildren grow,

And the memories we share are the pavement

As on through life’s journey they go;

Walking in footsteps we’ve laid out before them;

Following paths we have made for their tread;

Picking apples we planted by the roadside;

Providing sustenance for their journey ahead.

Written by Joan Rowden Hart, 10/21/04

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