Life is for living!!

poem in rhyming quatrains

Life is for living.

 

I’m musing on mortality.

Which seems entirely apposite.

I think at my age I should be.

I can see clearly with hindsight.

 

As I recall the distant past.

Three quarters of a century.

The long years all too quickly passed.

Experience that made me ,me.

 

I know that one day I will die.

I cannot know when that will be.

So until then I can but try

 to use my time productively.

 

I read and write, I paint and draw

 and I maintain my interest

 in everything I’ve done before

and tackle new projects with zest.

 

Although I was born long ago

I don’t admit to being old.

Because I’m wise enough to know.

I should not put my life on hold.

 

Take to my armchair, watch TV

As others may expect me too.

Sit back and just wait patiently

 for death. Something I will not do.

 

Until the day I die I’ll try

to live as I have always done.

I will think optimistically

and find each day some time for fun.

 

Saturday, 03 April 2010

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Reviews

[Jeff Miller]

Amazing message! The imagery paints a picture for the reader and each line flows well into the next. Keep it up!

[Samuel Dickens]

Our thoughts on this are the same. Poetry-wise, this piece is much less refined than your usual, but infinately more personal and informative. Still, a joy to read.

[Poeticpiers]

There is life before death if you accept its your responsibility to live

[Aimee Mahathy]

Oh I loved this!
I'm always afraid of getting older because I'm afraid of getting boring or losing sight of my passions. But, that's when I remember that that will only happen if I let it happen! I intend on living just like this poem~
Great job!

[x]

Yes, there can be a curious energy in acknowledging the fact that one day....That will be it!!

But...as this clever poem says, it's not over, till it's over and in the meantime...There's life to be had so one may as well enjoy.
Thank you for the share, as always, most enjoyable.