40 years ago.

Forty years ago, man was fascinated by a lightbulb.
10 years later, a still portrait frame.
And although that moment took many to capture,
the delight was all the same.

A few years later they found a virus,
killing loved ones fast and strong,
and as time went on, we found a cure
..and life could move along.

Twenty years had gone on by..
and time had turned to fade,
along with certain, given truths,
that we all had come to train.

Expectations were not much,
other than the sun to rise.
And every so often without a doubt,
the moon would run and hide.

They found names for things that hadn't
had a meaning to us before..
And they began to slowly realize,
why the ocean met the shore.

Life was simply simple,
pain was done about.
Simple knowledge was something ..
that most could live without.

10 years ago we celebrated a turning of a time,
a breakthrough in technology,
a new year,
a million lives.

Time now moving quickly,
and all things now fly ahead.
When at one time people gathered,
now with a computer they sat instead.

They forgot about the beauty
that the world has for us to hold.
They forgot about the stories
our great-grandparents once had told.

They forgot that life was simple,
before a microsoft.
They forgot that things aren't endless
and in time they will top off.

They found a way to make it
a little longer than before.
They found a way to utilize
how the ocean meets the shore.

The people didn't realize
life wasn't better than before.
No one wanted nature..
when they could have an iPhone 4.

Sunsets went unnoticed,
and weather day to day,
no one stopped and thought about
where we would stand today.

5 years ago I began to notice
all these things above.
How the sky is blue,
the sea not green,
as I tried my way with love..

I found myself in worry
about what it is that I should do.
I would live within a hurry
and take one breath, instead of two.

Next thing I knew, just months ago.
I moved away from home.
I found myself even more confused
as to where that I should go..

With open eyes, I realized,
my troubles were not so.
That what I once had troubled myself,
was never how I had shown.

Life, within this universe,
is larger than us all.
It doesn't matter who you are,
what we do,
or how much tall.

The stars that light our cities.
The moon that passes by.
The strangers that walk next to us,
never saying hi.

The delicacy in colors.
The shapes of all the clouds.
The way without a simple thought,
we all are in a crowd.

Yesterday, I looked back at this,
and wondered why I'm here.
Why the matter we find among this Earth,
had made me face my fear.

The good and bad within my life,
flawless to the world.
The things I get caught up inside,
I should use them as my shield.

Sitting here, now writing this.
I watch people passing by.
I know they wonder why I'm here,
and if I know the time.
I smile soft and think inside
that things will be okay.
And maybe, someday, someone soon,
will learn to seize the day...

They'll look back & remember what it's like
not to stare into a screen.

They'll walk outside without that junk
and listen to the birds that sing.

If I could I would go back in time,
to a time before us all.
I would warn the people as they walk,
that the world may soon now fall.

I would tell them to embrace the beauty
of a simple sunny day,
and that no matter what to live as though,
today is their last day.

My advise to you is to listen clear,
live content, away from fear.

Stop worrying now about what tomorrow may bring,
and never be afraid to dance and sing.