I paused, asked myself a question

"How long is forever?" "Was it more

than an hour, a minute, or a second?"

"Was it more than a month, a week, a

day?" It caused me to contemplate.

What didn't answer my question was

when someone told me that no one

can live longer than a lifetime.

I said, "Thanks just the same!"

Then I summoned up my intestinal

fortitude to closely exam this -

"How about space time continuum?"

All I had to do was stop my clock.

Unfortunately, that did not work -

Nor did standing on my head while

singing the National Anthem; as I

can't even carry a tune in a bucket!

And all of a sudden it came to me -

There are really two separate words as

in 'for' and 'ever' which meant I could

have my cake and eat it to - but not

like on my 17th birthday when my

younger brother was so excited, he

ate my cake - it took both my older

brother and me to pry open his mouth

so that I could blow out the candles.

Now let's get this whole thing straight -

'for' means 'to belong to', and 'ever'

means 'at all times'; so, that tells me

one thing, what you possess belongs

to you; it's your's at all times; that

includes your memories, your dreams -

your past and current loves; all your

good thoughts; and here it comes, if

you hold on tight, it is forever . . . !

2008' RLS