I think of people, gone now
And my eyes well up with tears
Memories come flooding out
As I time trip through the years

A New Years eve, a movie night
A Christmas Night with snow
A Birthday with a football game
And a car that wouldn't go

No music or a photograph
Nor a book or an old smell
Brought these pictures to my mind
but, the teardrops they just fell

People, friends and family
Some are here but many not
I don't know what woke these images
It may have been a random thought

Another year is almost done
More memories have gone by
I can't think of these things normally
But, today...I need not try

No triggers, set my mind aflame
But there's a sensory projection
All random, flowing freely through
My mind with no direction

It's better uncontrolled, I think
Seeing snippets of my history
I don't know what will come up next
It's a mental mind scape mystery

My eyes are full, my sleeve is wet
The tears are flowing hard
As I think of people who loved me
And I loved just as hard

I'm glad there was no trigger
And I went into this mind slip
I'm going to have a drink now
And toast my mental trip

It doesn't happen often
I can't explain it when it does
But, I am glad I lived this life of mine
And that it still gives me a buzz.