Things from long ago seem like they happened just a few years ago.

I went to a funeral the other day
and watched as the minister stood up to pray.
My mind was transported back some forty years
When we both were young buck among all our peers.
During the years so many things have transpired.
Now we both are listed among those retired
It was so long ago but it seems like yesterday

I had waited all my life to attend school.
That was long before it was “in” to say “cool!”
My teacher was scheduled to stop to get me
so I was waiting out in front by a tree.
In the distance her car appeared to my eye
but she just waved and smiled as she drove right by.
It was so long ago but it seems like yesterday.

The day of my wedding had at last arrived.
That terrible rehearsal I had survived.
I shopped everywhere all morning to acquire
a replacement spare for my odd-sized flat tire.
Then the maid of honor was running so late
that we tried to decide how long we could wait
It was so long ago but it seems like yesterday.

Today is a new page in your book of life.
Events which seem simple may someday be rife.
Time will pass quickly but seem to pass so slow
like yeast at work in a rising loaf of dough.
Someday you’ll sit there as you slow down your pace
and recall these things with a smile on your face.
It was so long ago but it seems like yesterday.