moments to memories

Moments make up memories,

Memories make up the past,

The present soon becomes it,

And the future after that.

And yet - we don't appreciate

the moments eating in restaurants;

waiting at the bus stop;

or most importantly, the ones

we spend with people.

It's all a mistake;

And we'll only realize that when they're gone;

when the moment has passed;

when it becomes a memory;

when all that's left is an older me.