These Old Boots

Looking back into the past; thinking how things were always so much better.
Being a child; being so innocent and never knowing the dangers of the world.
Look at how things age so, how much people change as they age.
Never the person inside; just their exterior.

Just like a pair of leather boots; shiny and clean when first bought.
Worn for decades and then thrown away, now look at them; torn and faded.
Time rules over all of use; the past will always seem better than the not so distant future.
It's just how you live your life right now that counts; will you make each day worth living?

Will you one day become those old rested boots and wonder whether you've had a good life?
Never look back into the past and regret anything; those old boots would be ashamed to have been owned by you.
Just keep on walking; use those boots to their full potential.
One day when you finally rest; you know you'll have had a great life my friend.