None Ever Come To Stay

With them go my joys and sorrows this life spent chasing dreams The grandiose philosophy built of my lofty hopes and schemes

Scout and I 

The time trickles by unnoticed

our moments fade away

While their coming and their going

pass us by day to day

 

Each new morn comes by to meet me

as nothing seems to last

The thoughts of youth just melt away

as all become the past

 

With them go my joys and sorrows

this life spent chasing dreams

The grandiose philosophy

of lofty hopes and schemes

 

Younger days when I once believed

I'll sleep when I am dead

Now I feed the mind on learning

I still keep those fires fed

 

Why can't we inherit wisdom

pass along what we know

Given benefit of insight

might help our species grow

 

The generations march to war

pounding drums of glory

Saying it will happen no more

it's the same sad story

 

Gales form around each new child's life

what they don't know be true

The winds foretell what future holds

oh if they only knew

 

The sands of time keep flowing on

our lives to pass away

Some are coming, some are going

none ever come to stay

Fair usage assumed 

Author's Note

We will never make it to enlightenment at the rate we are going. Men just don't live long enough to learn from their mistakes.

Reviews

[Nilesh Ratnam]

it's wonderful sir.
especially the line "Gale's form around each new child's life
what they don't know be true
The winds foretell what future holds
oh if they only knew

Our generations march to war
pounding drums of glory
Saying it will happen no more
it's the same sad story"

gives nice effect bout your thinking...
it's awsome...

[Phibby Venable]

wonderful writing Tate! you have such style.

[Valentine]

Tate, like I told you...you haven't lost the ability to write great things..In fact I envy you somewhart as you are a far better writer than I am..Great poem...lol and God bless//Kathie

[Richard Williams]

A fine poem with philosophical insight, written with soft yet keen style. You make some good observations, put together memorable phrases. Stanza three is nice where you speak of "grandiose philosophy" and stanza five stands out alluding to how we as a species could grow. As a vet myself, I am draw to stanza seven, as the "...generations march to war." The poem ends finely, albeit sadly, tying up the gist of it all in good style.

[Rick Puetter]

Hi Tate,

Wonderful title and last line: "None ever come to stay". How true and how apt a summary of Man. None of us make any permanent mark on existence no matter how great we are in life, no matter how hard we try, no matter how lucky, rich, wise, or powerful. We all fade away with time. It is frustrating at the deepest level. One good comet collision with the Earth, and we'll all be gone, and that happens roughly every 100 million years. It's been 86 million years since the last one that got rid of the dinosaurs.

Very best regards. Greatly enjoyed.

Rick

[Hayley]

"Younger days when I once believed
I'll sleep when I am dead
Now I feed the mind on learning
I keep those fires fed"

Once again, a powerful poem built on truth. I enjoyed reading this. Maybe men don't learn from their mistakes in time because they are too stubborn to be wrong and don't want to learn. I hope we will have the strength to want to learn for the future. Great write!

[A.E. Surdam]

A very nice piece, I like the way you expressed yourself so vividly. Nice.

[Fran Marie]

a most profound piece so beautifully expressed and penned

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

You are right .. the poem is gorgeous and true..beautiful words, Tate.

Chloe

[Celeste21]

Oh but if wisdom were inherited where would be the joy in discovering, and learning these wisdom's first hand? Childhood does leave all to quickly and so does innocence.