The Long and Short Of It

The older that a person gets

The less which he is able to

Remember, being he forgets

A lot of what it was he knew.

So what may happen recently

Appears to be forgotten for

The fact he simply cannot see,

It has importance anymore.

Albeit, that which does remain

Calls up the very distant past

By coming to mind once again

In being, what it is, will last;

While I’m most likely to recall

What lies inside my memory

That (most important, after all)

Is what it really means to me.