AS TIME GOES BY

You all know the movie: Casablanca, and Bogart's amazing acting, and an iconic song that plays longer in our heads as we get older.

This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.
Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.]
You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.
Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.
© 1931 Warner Bros. Music Corporation, ASCAP

Now that I am in my 70's, that song sticks out longer than it used to, yet each year it grows longer in its residence in my mind. If you are happily married for years like I am, the relevance of the words seems to stick like a nickname. Each year as I get older, the more I realize that passion, although it may play a large part of your life, and even grow, becomes less ostensibly in a demonstrative fashion.
Needing to say I love you is not needed anymore, there are no more reassurances, just acts that make the words unnecessary and redundant. A look in the eyes says more than the old days of kisses and hugs, and in the progress of love builds certainty in the heart.

As time goes by, nothing changes but the acts, the heart still beats in the same old way, maybe a little slower, but the same old way.