Not Everyone Goes Away Poem by david lessard

Not everyone goes away,
the memories bring them back;
and when the memory fades,
the pictures cut some slack.

Pictures of a bygone era,
The one that seemed 'just right, '
To a generation growing up,
Today's the day and tonight's the night.

For mom and dad, it was big bands,
For me, it was blues and rock and roll;
For my kids, heavy metal, I suppose,
Today, I don't know what; I'd have to take a poll.

Friends never leave you, they just die,
as all of us must do, in some uncertain time;
But we remember them as if alive,
to forget them, as if they never lived, would be a crime.

The mind remembers, the pictures show,
So you see, not everyone goes away,
Just the ones that we'll not miss,
Friends, relatives and the lovers stay.