Moment In Time Poems By Lynn Barany We have laughter in our voices. We have snacks and good old songs. Lots of jokes of yesterday, Who was right, and who was wrong. Just one simple stop in time We go back so many years, And speak of what we hoped for, Who we loved, and who we feared. We are so completely honest For the first time in our lives, As we have nothing left to prove And nothing left to hide. The relaxation of these hours With wrinkles all erased, Just a simple moment in time, Our age we hold with grace. And when the evening comes to an end, A small part of our mind Never wants to leave this place, Leave it all behind. I say Goodnight dear old friends And I thank you very much, You brought back my yesterday And I love you all so much.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)