What an Odd Feeling

What an odd feeling it is
when you happen to look and see
an old and blurry photograph
and you think "How could this be me?"

How odd a feeling it is
when you think back to that day
the you from now wasn't yet then
then you was there to stay

Such an odd feeling it is
when you suddenly realize
that you would look as alien
as then you now looks in your eyes

You've grown and shifted
         your mind has sifted
out your childish ways

            Carefree thoughts
that simply cannot
           exist in your mind today

What an odd feeling it is
to look at that photo and say
who is that kid and however did
he end up here today?

Author's Note

Originally Written: January 10, 2012

Reviews

[lee von cleef]

You write "Clean" , I like the pure lines true through many of your poems,this one
tells me why not to go to reunions, I would have to erase all those young faces I have floating in my tangle.