♥Good morning friends,
Suddenly you find a friend is gone,
Of almost the same age as you.
Why couldn’t he live to see another dawn?
You look for but find no clue.
Life appears so uncertain,
You don’t know when it’d be curtain.
Why couldn’t God give us eternal life?
Why people have to prematurely die?
Why does He give us struggle and strife?
And make those left behind to cry?
No one has found answers to these,
You go like a candle snuffed in breeze.
However long you live, my friend,
Life would always appear to be short.
Whatever is given, you can’t extend,
This fact no one can distort.
So greet and enjoy each day,
As if it is the last of your stay.
There should be no unfinished tasks,
No reason to have regret.
And before the Angel of Death asks,
There should be no unpaid debt.
The fact of Life we all know,
One day we all have to go.
Whatever life is given to us,
We need to value each day.
Let it not be said we missed the bus,
In waiting for happiness to come our way.
Love and live and live and love,
And leave the rest to God above.
Author: Sunbyanyname
I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.
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Very nice poem.
Thank you, Jojy.