LIFE WELL SPENT

Where will you be when life is spent.
Where did you go, what did you do.
To what degree of clarity can you expound
upon your life that will make any sense.

What torrent waters did you cross.
What high mountains did you climb. What
friends did you make, what happiness did you
share, what was gained and what was loss.

It would be great if we could retrieve the time.
The time that we spent wishing, instead of doing.
How much hatred can one consume.
How many times did we ignore the signs.

Where will you be when your life is spent.
Did you travel to your favorite place.
Did you commit to your favorite dreams.
With Clarity, can you say that your life made sense.

Before life's unforgiving mirror, we will stand.
All confused over the things the mirror revealed.
At this point in our lives, our memory escapes us.
It would be great if we knew the end beforehand.

We are not the ultimate judge on how well
our lives were spent.

Poetic Verses By Gamaliel H. Gooding
Copyrighted 2010