I Remember No More

I remember when I saw my first Mustang Fastback 2+2 back when I was a young lad. I dreamed of owning that car one day. But no more.

I remember when I entered 7th grade and thinking what an impression my life would make in this world when I grew up. But no more.

I remember when I entertained the idea of going to the senior prom with THAT girl I had fell for. But no more.

I remember marrying my wife and starting our life together thinking we were going to take this world by storm and change it for the better. But no more.

I remember my daughter coming into this world we created and thinking, maybe she could do something with it in her lifetime. Just maybe. But no more.

I remember thinking all these years that there just had to be a politician who gave a damn for the people who elected him/her instead of themselves. But no more.

I remember thinking all of these things and feeling foolish to believe that time changes all things. That people do indeed change. That they eventually see the light and begin to believe that the path to true freedom is not in power, greed and corruption but in the hearts and minds of the people themselves. But no more.

I remember thinking that working for a well-known company that had been around for a 100 years would be the career of a lifetime. One to retire from one day. But no more.

I remember having a dream that one day, possibly when my grandkids are grown responsable adults, that this great country of ours will wake up and smell the coffee.

But no more.