All Before, All Ahead, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

In the reaches of the past, there was someone who
Walked in the forest, swam in the ocean, just like you
Someone who had fears and doubts, someone who
Had illness bouts, someone who lounged about

On a lazy afternoon. Someone who was late to work
Someone fired a desk clerk. Someone who got a raise
Someone everyone they amazed, Someone who
Always smiled, someone who loved their child

Someone who drove them wild, someone calm
Someone mild. Someone mean did something bad
Someone cried and made them sad. Someone laughed
And made them glad. Someone conned, someone had

Someone rich, never poor, always greedy, wanting more
Someone giving, someone caring, always nice, always sharing
Someone shy, someone daring, someone’s radio always blaring
Someone shouting, someone silent, someone disobedient

Someone compliant. In the reaches of the future, there will be
Someone like you. The future has no choice but to become the past
The past will repeat in the future. Someone is now and the uniqueness
Is you, is something neither past or future will repeat.

So here is the present, try to make it pleasant, as pleasant as you can.
Give someone a hug, maybe cut a rug, don’t be smug, make life your drug. Walk in that forest, swim in that ocean, live in the now, make love your Potion, don’t let it be poisoned, by needless anger and hate.

Do be kind, and try to do good, never mind, if you’re misunderstood
Stay out of trouble, unless the good kind, the kind that helps others
When they’re in a bind. Let go, let go, of grudges and revenge
Those never help anyone in the end.
(end)……

For some fucking reason the submitted final poem isn’t formatting the way I submitted it so some words are capitalized near the end of a sentence and other words I want capitalized at the beginning of a line are not. I cant figure out how to fix it. My apologizes.