Thinking Ahead and Remembering Back

Thinking Ahead and Remembering Back
As the water closes over
The vigorously thrown stone
And its place is remembered no more
So is the passing of all lives
Whether of the famous or the unknown
Note is made
And
Note is forgotten
And this is the way of all for all time
From time past to time future
Ripples are real yes but temporal as well
Pay no attention to the ripples of lives
But only to the flowing water which encompasses and covers them