Time May Go(But It's Never Gone)

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Time May Go(But It's Never Gone)My wife and I were sitting, 'neath a willow in the shadeholding hands...looking backward, as day began to fademy mind saw a boy with, two bullsnakes in a jarsneaking up behind a, girl playing in her yard ev'ry time he scared her, and tugged her golden curlsmeant he'd gone magnolia sweet, on that little girllife taught me not to ask, where our time will gocos when I think about the past, I already knowyes, years may leavebut they don't go farthey make their homewithin our heartthough days will passmemories live onso time may gobut it's never gonemy wife was gazing westward, as daylight fell from viewI searched the dark horizon, till I saw it, tooa blanket on the lakeside, after an evening swimher moonlit curls were drying, a young man's naked skinwhen they broke their kiss they barely had breath to speakbut the wind's warm sigh said it all and said it silentlythough that tender night, long ago slipped awayour dreams keep it safe inside, where it will always staycos years may leavebut they don't go farthey make their homewithin our heartthough days will passmemories live onso time may gobut it's never gonethe boy I was still remains, and so does that little girlshe knows my kiss will never change, when I tug her golden curlscos years may leavebut they don't go farthey make their homewithin our heartthough days will passmemories live onso time may gobut it's never gone(c)2006 Robert George