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

[emmajoy]

Your words so often direct thought to a different place. In your 'Time' you've searched for meanings, you still do .. and, that's what matters. This is a wonderful piece of writing, Tate.

Every moment of life is the ultimate gift. It's the treasure of being what we were intended to be, what we were meant to discover, cherish, love and learn from.
To destroy, to hurt, to abuse etc. is the destruction of one's own heart, spirit and even worse, the destruction of others.

There's always time to learn from mistakes, first- admit to them, second- stop thinking about them, thirdly- do something about them! It's never too late to act.

[DeadToTheWorld]

This made so much sense in ways that many people would never think of it's pieces of writing like this that make a good poet/writer....thanks for sharing...oh...and the song is awesome too...

[Katannaism]

A very wise poem. It just flows with such a gorgeous ease. Nice work! ;)

[Coyote Poetry]

"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"
Thank you for a good journey in your words. Your words are true. Takes many years and many mistakes to learn to be wiser and kinder. I like the strong words and wisdom given and shared in the poem. A outstanding poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Rossen]

Where has the Time gone, good things never seem last
a spent life, time to share to pass along, to see the
time as it slips pass the small part, the all part,
are part...this is ~ poet blue ~

Rossen

[KAREN]

Beautiful, so much meaning and truth! If only we could live long enough to change our mistakes!

[The Analog Kid]

That is the ticket. We don't even get close on the wisdom/age thing do we? The flow and meter were as good as your best. Great motif. Right up my alley.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Your words rings true! We all need to use this poem as a wake up call! excellent write!

[SageMusic]

Melancholy seems to be best word. This life, is held by such a thin thread. Personally, I never expected to make it to grandma-hood so the fact I'm here is lovely, shocking sometimes, but always I am thankful for a day to wake up in.

Maybe it is not a harsh thing that our thoughts of youth melt away, almost like another person's life. Embracing the future, helping to make it better, rather than focusing on our past - maybe that is why the memories dim over time - so we can look forward.

Beautiful write.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

I love this Philosophical view of this temporal world.
I wish to see this day...when everyone wakes up.