Life - like the sound of a bell

Bold at first but fades to a whisper

Who would be the one to tell

Perhaps a mother brother or sister,

 

Past your peak and gone to seed

Your realisation is sudden it would seem

Most of life sat in thought

Just idle dreams of what could have been,

 

The recognition of this phase of being

Propells you forward with purposeful meaning

Ambition all polished and ready to sail

No storm or tempest could cause you to fail,

 

What time have you left

To make up for such waste

Live for today, but do not act in haste

The rewards for such toil brings a smile to the face

As you fall into line with the whole human race,

 

Gone are the principals that were hard bound

Gone are your ideals without a sound

Dismayed as a child at the rape of the land

The carnage and killing so abundantly found,

 

All of those feelings torn to shreds

Filed away in the back of your head

Ignored, deluded or diluted I'd say

To make the game of Life

a tad easier to play.