The People I Met

I walked into a room with everyone I've ever met I held no sorrow and I felt not one regret, Because, everyone that was there in that room with me Someway one or another they helped me see. I looked around the room at all the memorable faces It's strange I thought how feelings and time never erases, And how happy I was to see them all once again Then I remembered how it was, way back then. I saw the people that I knew when I was a child The ones with who I laughed with and went wild, And the ones I went to church and also to school with Where unto all of us everything was just a myth. Then I saw the people that I just saw just once before There I saw the salesman who came once to my door, Then I was joyful and I began to smile Because, some of the people I haven't seen in a long while. Everyone was there who had ever entered into my life I saw mailmen and beggars and waiters and waitresses and an ex wife, Then I saw sales people and friends and boxers I once boxed There was that salesman from Japan who once sold me socks. I saw all my friends and my family who taught me to be strong Then I saw the people who had used me and did me wrong, Unto them all I now had the same excited feeling I felt compassion and love and hope as I felt a new healing. I saw so many, many people standing and talking there At them all I couldn't help, but to stare, Then I was overwhelmed with many great unexpected memories Which ended playing out like documentaries. I wondered if any of them knew or cared who I was Or if any of the women there knew with them I was once in love, And as I walked about the room hearing people laughing and talking I just kept on thinking and walking. I saw everyone that I have ever met or ever knew And I wondered if they knew or remembered me too, Though we all had many adventures and played many different roles And we all had impacted many different souls. Then as I looked upon all the different people in the room No more did I feel sadness or shyness or even dread or gloom, Then as I began to feel confident and also versed I then wondered excitedly, who would I want to talk to first. Randy L. McClave