Seasons come and years go past
Waves and tides ebb and flow
Remembered days flew by fast
What have you come to know?
These are the takeaways
Of the past
Warm days and chill night breeze
Brief discomforts never last
Haste into fleeting memory
Left with lasting impressions
Takeaways of the past
Intentions and misgivings
Are the waves and tides of time
What we do and don't remember
Part eclipsed in half a rhyme
Hints and metaphors at last
Attention and compassion
Compose the flow of seasons
Taking orders from our lessons
Give purpose for our reasons
These are the takeaways
Of the past
It's people in our life that matter
Not concerns of distant haze
The surf's back-flowing waters
Lessons learned from former days
These are the takeaways
Of the past
Intentions and misgivings
Are the waves and tides of time
What we do and don't remember
Part eclipsed in half a rhyme
Hints and metaphors at last
Attention and compassion
Compose the flow of seasons
Taking orders from our lessons
Give purpose for our reasons
These are the takeaways
Of the past
Intentions and misgivings
Are the waves and tides of time
What we do and don't remember
Part eclipsed in half a rhyme
Hints and metaphors at last
Attention and compassion
Compose the flow of seasons
Taking orders from our lessons
Give the purpose for our reasons
These are the takeaways
Of lasting days and memories
These are the takeaways
Of our past