I used to prefer the old to the new
Classics over modernists
St Paul’s to the Shard.
I used to believe
Things should stay as they were
We should never move on
That change should be barred.
But then now became past
And your love slipped away
I knew that you’d changed
And that I could not stay.
So now I look at the world
Through different eyes
New is the preference
I tend to prioritise.
For the world’s ever changing
What’s gone can’t return
A new future is beckoning
From the past I have learned.
Photo of the South Bank of the River Thames, London, showing the modern architecture, including the Thames. Poem and photo Copyright Englepip ©
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