Lost and Found

Lost in the past.
For so many years.
Yearning for that same feeling,
Memories that were still so real.
It has taken some years
to reconcile with the past;
To finish the unfinished,
To finally say goodbye.
I sit here this morning
listening to the birds
and treefrogs singing,
the sun warming my face
as I look to the sky.
Like the clouds moving
Across the vast heavenly plains,
I realize I can
let my clouds go
Send them on their way,
let the past go
and live for today.
I am here now
A part of this day,
not yesterday,
not last year.
I will live today
and now every day
because I have buried the past
and I have found today.

08-30-11