I cannot even begin to count
all the people who have passed
through my life.

From passing strangers to friends,
enemies, coworkers and lovers.

From Woburn, Massachusetts to
many towns, cities and states.

From Germany, Paris, Rome, and
the Philippines too, so many
passing people.

Many no doubt are dead now and
many are still living,

but like me they’re all passing out
of this world, one by one, place
by place.

All of us just people passing through
this temporary world into the next.

Bob Boyd