I Slipped Into The Past

I slipped into the past again Dug out some pictures of old Faded so with age they are But so many stories they told Oh, look at the old vehicles Don’t they give you chills? A bearded gentleman and his tiny wife A life without luxury and frills If only we could turn back the clocks Sit down with them and talk So many wonderful things they’d say So many memories unlocked One by one I looked at pictures Some were family some were friends They wore a different style of clothes A different way of life and trends Some were taken so long ago Fifty years or more it was Another lifetime, another world Kind of gives you reason to pause And then I put the pictures back Into the box in which they are kept Makes me smile a bit in reverence For a life of happiness and tears unwept I wonder as I put them all away If someone will always care Because it’s important to generations That old pictures to be kept to share!