Running in Place…
Life is uncertain, a race where most people
do no more than run in place, there can be
happiness, sadness, and around every corner
a surprise; yet hope blooms. Life is what one
must create within their allotted space, or sit
on the sidelines, leaving their journey to fate.
Life is not all joy, as we float upon the winds
of time; there are rights and wrongs; and
unknown quandaries, setbacks, and living means
many mountains to climb. Life quickly passes,
fair and cloudy days, laughter and tears, and
then the warmth of the older years subsides
ones fears.
Life may mean walking in the valley of
despair until fate starts an upward climb,
living with happiness, or grief; always trust
the heart and mind. Life lived in harmony
with others, loving, caring and expectations
met; seeds of livelihood sown, atonement
locked away; we strive and labor as time
passes on. Life waits for no one, your parents
may have taught you the lessons to get you
through those uncertain years, and you leave
the nest filled with a heartfelt quest; now
living as an adult, it is your own mind that
you must trust.
Life is a learning ground, you stumble and
you fall, the lessons you were taught might
take effort, then you find that you do not
know it all. Life when you were a teen you
found that you were filled with adventure,
you move forward in the quest; soon you
are older and found that you have tried
to do your best. Life has turned dark hair
into gray; the pains of just living will never
go away. Life gave you the spirit to live,
when things went wrong you never ask why;
age is now no longer running in place; you
can see the light that you will follow. You
grow silent, sitting broken and bent, you
mind growing hollow.
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The Last Chapter 
Absolutely wonderful
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