I wish I realized,
when I was a younger man so,
the sentiments the many years can bring,
from my life so many years ago.
There are people that have passed,
I wish I could speak to them still,
but life has a way of concluding,
new chapters written at will.
If I had known then,
what I do know now,
perhaps my life would be richer,
or at least different somehow.
When I think back over the years,
of those I was fortunate to know,
I wish I realized,
when I was a younger man so.
James W. Spain