date: Sat 13 Jun 2026 11:16:50 PM PDT
subj: out there I used to be
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Out there in the summer night I used to be. I looked up at the
twinkling stars. The faint glow of the day gone by, horizons I
will never know all but gone, for my memory tells me so, of the
nights I lived long ago. Now I'm here with gray atop my hair is
more like a northwest ocean shore, with lots of broken wood that
lay washed up from far away. 

I remember those nights, just barely, now is the time for
remembering, and there the new me must stay, for here is the new
old me, just me, and who I was was then is gone, and now is here
it must begin. I had my time and it wasn't long, enjoy the
memories if I can, and know, that was a life time ago gone.  

I used to be out all night. I miss it so, but time to rest
again, so tomorrow I can do what must be done, the days of play
and fun were fun, but go they go, and it is the way life is
spun.