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Once upon a time

A score and five

Quarter Century

It seems like last year

Or yesterday

Young and having fun

Some would say not a care in the world

We cared but the priorities were not the same

We weren't completely jaded

Though even as we exited our teens

Many had horror stories hidden within

Some we had shared

Some we thought we never would

Others never got the chance

One day childhood faded away

Friends drifted

Different paths they say

Children and spouses

Careers and responsibilities

We look back 

Smiles and tears

Laughter and rage

Untold stories packed away

Covered with fonder remembered stories

A few people we have held onto

Links to the past

We were young

Half a century on the horizon

Decades have passed

Hopefully more lie ahead

Cherish the past

Embrace the present

Make the memory that you will look back on 

Build each chapter upon chapter

A story to remember

Not just a picture book of youth