Time is going by fast, Trying not to live in the past, To keep priorities straight And not falter at the gate. To join the universal goal

On the brink of leaving, To go beyond These borders And say good-bye, To all you know,

Sometimes wonder about a star, way afar. How life might be in outer space,

Walking down the dirt path, Sounds drift on the air, Birds chirping, leaves Rustling, dogs barking. Interconnection of life

Driving down the road, The song, “Let It Be” Came on the radio. Taking me back to Various scenarios.

Every hour we are someone Different, Every day something new Learned, Death is just another

What is truth? It’s a changing sky, One day clear, The next, cloudy, Holding the blue and grey,

Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.

Many thoughts in the mind, Some productive, some not. They glow like fires, Created by needs and

Standing at a crossroad Between this life And the next, Heart in hand I knock on that

Life is not fair at times... But of course things Change quickly down the line, We are born into a No guarantee world.

The dance of fear, Of not being enough, Stops and starts. The unknown, an Uncharted sea,

Just a small part of me wants strife to go away, to return to a kinder time. Am I just losing courage? Life is draining me,

Great scientific minds Working for cures Of terminal diseases, The clock ticks... What is the cure

Leaves falling, Another season Decorating the earth. One red leaf In my path,