For As Long As The Gift

For as long as the gift of memory you retain
The audio and visual memories with you will remain
Of life's good and bad days of for you what used to be
In this respect you are no different to me
The years go by quickly and time does tick on
And at the stroke of midnight today will be gone
And tomorrow a new day will dawn though not for everyone
And a mother will give birth to a baby daughter or son
Just live in the now is the best we can do
Tomorrow may not dawn for me or for you
The one who claims the lives of the very young and the old and those in their lives prime
For to claim the life of anyone can come at anytime
But for as long as the gift of memory you retain
The past you will visit again and again.