Today by Robert Thiessen

The Gift of Presence by Ray Saunders, 1993.

Today

Thrift shops.
Flea markets.
Second hand venues.
Old stuff.
Used stuff.
Nostalgia.
Old signs.
Old tools.
Rusty cast iron.
Wagon wheels.
Relics.
Antiques.
Attempting to pull yesterday into today.
Eternity in our hearts.
Remembering the past.
Anticipating the future.
Trying to claw the future back.

Robert Thiessen

This poem was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge.

Robert Thiessen worked at General Motors for forty years, and is now retired. The works he did for the 20 Poem Challenge are his first poems.