A Life Lived

Eat and drink for tomorrow we die

So the old saying goes

But how can food and drink ever satisfy

The constantly yearning soul?

With its yearning for the beyond

And dreams of the blue sky

Of the stars and all its wonders

Where dear wishes could fly

With its hopes for tomorrow

And its fears for today

With its constant wish for a light

To show one the way

With its aching for a kind word

And hearts which understand

With its inexplicable desire

To reach out and lend a hand

For all these a soul yearns

In words felt but unspoken

But if one could simply reach out

And to the heart’s beat listen

They’ll know food and drink won’t satisfy

For a soul needs so much more

And to give it all up for brief pleasure

Is to die before death falls

So yes tomorrow we die

But let us at least have this

A life not shrouded in mindless pleasure

But a life lived!

May K.