NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN

Reflecting: Unfortunately, we can't turn our life experiences back in at the local grocery store, when we move on and want or need to start over. It literally is a no deposit, no return life.

NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN

For the past, we sometimes yearn,
But it's no deposit, no return.

You can't trade in your old dreams at the nearest store,
To be recycled and then ask for more.

There are no more deposits on my life,
No more returns to cause me strife.

By our mistakes we must learn,
It's no deposit, no return.

To start anew with no reserves,
Pushing forward, many obstacles we must swerve.

Knowing deep down we will never again be beat,
Each new challenge, we will gladly meet.

We hold our head high, smiling at the sunny sky,
Never again will we wonder why.

Because with some people you can't go back,
To be bounced around like a ball and jacks.

On the past, our back we must turn,
It's no deposit, no return.

Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections: A Moment in Time"
 copyright 2009