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

[Sunni Davis]

Beautiful, melancholy and so true. Time just slips by and we keep thinking we have all the time in the world to learn and grow but we need to make every moment last, treat them like the precious gifts they are. Terrific poem, Tate.

[Judy Ponceby]

Beautiful, melancholy, wistful. They do learn Tate, but as you say it takes so much time, and we can only do our best to pass on what we know in hopes the next generation learns sooner and does better. There are so many amazing young people out there doing wonderful things, we need to uphold them and support their efforts against the dark mistakes. Letting our dark sides drag us down with it will not shed light on our better natures and wiser futures. Peace and rest, Tate.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A slight of hand type of writing, a well penned piece, the world will hold it's hand together and pray, well done, good read

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Perhaps we will......we have not taken our last breath yet. A beautiful melancholy write.

[Lily Mae]

This is just me, so hold that in mind.. :) I think what enlightenment we do receive evolves us to just where we need to be in the "now". We can dream and aspire for better or more, but we just have to remember to enjoy the journey were on.. I'm grateful for the what wisdom I've been given and I'll embrace the lessons ahead.. We can only be who we are today in that joy:) Hopefully, with grey hair and a smile on our faces we will know that we have made differences somewhere, somehow to someone.. :) x Great write Nate.. x

[WynterPhoenix]

This couldn't be more true.

[TamiViolet]

I had to turn off the song cause I was getting into it....too much.... Of course we don't stay... Your writing has really improved, Tate :-) Nice.

[Alicia Hirshey]

I really enjoyed this. I mean a lot. The meaning behind your words is to die for. And the flow was amazing.

Beautiful work ... I have ceased to comment on the rhythm and rhyme because that is always there , embedded very deeply in your works .. so , commenting on the subject matter and the way you have put it through , I would say this is beautiful.