Friday, 9 April 2010

poetry life's lesson

LIFES LESSON

FROM CREATION TO DEATH, OUR FIRST AND LAST BREATH

EACH ONE OF US UNIQUE IN SOME UNUSUAL WAY

IN THE GRAND SCHEME WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY

WHAT WE WILL AFFECT WHO CAN SAY

BUT OUR INFLUENCE WILL BE THERE IN SOMEWAY

GROWING, LEARNING, MAKING OUR WAY

THE WORLD OUR GARDEN IN WHICH WE PLAY

MAKING FRIENDS, AND ENEMIES TOO

A FACT OF LIFE, NOT EVERYONE IS TRUE

A BLANK CANVAS FROM WHICH TO START

BUT, WILL WHAT WE CREATE BE A WORK OF ART

AS WE GROW THE CHOICES WE MAKE, WE ARE AWARE

MAKING DECSIONS TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CARE

THE PATH WE TAKE, THE LIFE WE LEAD, WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE NEED

FROM THOSE WHO ARE GIVERS, TO THOSE MOTIVATED BY GREED

THE ONES WHO USE, THE ONES WHO LIE AND CHEAT

TO THE ONES WHO BLOW YOU AWAY, AND KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET

THOSE WHO DECIEVE THOSE WHO CONTROL

THOSE WHO HAVE NO FEELING OR EVEN A SOUL

THEY ARE AROUND, MARKED “HANDLE WITH CARE”

YOU MAY NOT SEE, BUT THEY ARE EVERY WHERE

WHAT EVER WE DO WE MUST ALWAYS REFLECT

AND NO DETAIL HOWEVER SMALL, MUST WE NEGLECT

NEVER TAKE THINGS AS THOUGH THEY WOULD SEEM

PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS BATTING FOR THE SAME TEAM

BE CAREFUL OUT THERE THE BEST ADVICE

NOT ALL IS PRETTY, NOT ALL IS NICE

THINK OF LIFE AS A SHOP, AND BUYER BEWARE

AND WHAT EVER YOU DO IN LIFE ALWAYS TAKE CARE

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