The People and Times That Have Passed

For a moment

wonder and ponder

on the times that have long since passed

that remain in the past

their mark on us and how they shaped us

is all that remains

replaying in our minds

In sleeping and waking dreams

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For a moment

meditate and ruminate

on the people who've passed us by

who left this mortal soil

their mark is all that remains

echoing in the distance

on the breeze

in the quiet of the night

While we sleep