Present And Past

Present and past - - - - - - - - - - - Loving me with the present And what it is- Burying the misty past And loving me with the past Means masking the sunny present And in both I see wary light Dazzling with pretexts at best- Disregarding the past And the present as well An arrogant past being smoothed over Unto a kind and humble present May be a boon to all distressed May bring solace to souls stressed But why so disposed to dwell in the past When it has me stranded Merciless upon the troubled tides of the past Those days were not mine That you bring to me time and again Those days have fled And I look ahead to fair skies For the days are running fast And the present bears the truth With which we see things aright Though past and present have Their own glories that bring things To life sweet or sour as they like To think of time And to think of today We see how it speeds by And brings us to the verge of another day And the sweet today How resumes her day With the descent of frightful yesterday Bringing new hopes and new seasons With every succeeding day…….