But as the sun moves ‘cross the sky
The shadow of the tower
Flows silently across the land
Until that fateful hour
When it must fall upon us, and
Our brief race has been run;
Our final breath spent reaching for
The last rays
Of the sun
Tag: Life and Death
Rendezvous
You go your way
I’ll go mine
We’ll meet up at last
Last to get there
Has to pay
So the die is cast
None shall sleep
Till all are ready
It’s a rendezvous —
Meet you on
That green hill, though it’s
The last thing
I do
To share is human:
Hoarder’s Folly
Everything given is taken away,
This is what life’s about;
Many can face this with firm belief,
Others are filled with doubt
So stacking up things brings us comfort, perhaps,
If the things that matter most —
But much that we hoard will seem useless and vain
When we are but
A ghost
To share is human:
Ketchup Packets
Life is full of ketchup packets
Little sachets
Full of goo
Just more junk between the brackets
[Birth and death
For me and you]
Everywhere I look detritus
Fragments, shavings,
Leavings, scree
Just more stuff that isn’t needed
[Just like, well
Quite frankly – me]
To share is human:
Beautiful Mountain
They went to the Beautiful Mountain
And their hearts were full and blessed;
The stood by the Lonely Pine and thought
It was time to divest
Of all the heavy baggage they
Had carried on thus far;
As the sun set on the horizon
And they reached
The evening
Star
To share is human:
So She Kept Walking
As drops fell lightly down at first
And gradually the sky turned black
While clouds threatened to do their worst
There was no thought of turning back —
So she kept walking
The roads and houses now were strange
Potholes and mud along the way
Bewilderment from constant change
As night replaced the waning day —
But she kept walking
The hill she reached was miles long
Her eyes could not make out the crest
And she felt worlds away from strong
And didn’t know what course was best —
Yet she kept walking —
And by her bed in ICU
Her grandson sat and watched her breathe
But all of this she never knew
As up the hill she took her leave
She breathed her last and reached the top
And as her heart came to a stop
Before that final moment passed
She saw the light she sought at last
So she kept walking
