Friday 1 April 2022

It seemed

 It seemed


The last chapter had been written

Or so it seemed last Covid Winter

Had we reached the final lap

Or did life hold another venture?


We had to summon up the courage

To lay aside the clinging doubts

To throw the dice another time

Regain lost confidence and advance. 


Advance again into the breach

Laugh at fortune and it’s wiles

Find courage to man the barricades 

While sirens whisper failure. 


Every decade is a challenge

New to every man that’s born

No one can teach us what we have to learn

On the job or not at all. 


Some men grow old while others don’t

Some fight the fight, others throw in the towel

Belief will move the stubborn mountains

Will deliver bread from hardened stones. 


There lies the vice of lassitude

To wish the dwindling hours away

Precious days are lost alas

In the wastelands of the ordinary. 


Every day a new adventure

Even better when unprepared

Exciting when spontaneous 

Daring and courageous. 


And so this story has not ended

New chapters written every day

Roll back advancing years

Borrow freely from the Bank of Time. 

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