Cycle of Life

Ok, so today has been quite inspirational for me. i was not able to go out and take part in some activities today as the Cedar Pollen is still quite high. I cooked for at first 8 boys, then it became 11 though one dropped off and it now stands at 10. This all in a 1,250 square foot house. Mind you, i am in my room reading and writing etc. I was reflecting on life and the stages we go through from infant to that honored place of being older. This poem came to mind and poured out of the keyboard onto paper.

Cycle of Life

In the dawn of life as we enter this world
We begin to prepare for a new life untold
Growing and building knowledge upon knowledge
The center of the world we are so much
Pain and suffering not so touched

In the mid day sun of life we stand
Looking around the world so grand
Friends and family abound
Of which we work so much to surround
Branded by tests
We know no rest
With vigor and life we strive
To keep our life robust and alive
The birth so long ago
The end nearer but life still slow

In the eve of life we sit, reflect
On the thoughts of living do we direct
Reaching to the end so near
The end of a life so dear
With joy we search and see our past
A life full of hills to climb and rivers to swim
Those tests once so hard to take
Are the ashes left behind in our wake
We look towards a new birth anon
When others will see us gone
But in reality born anew
To an eternity and life new
With one great joy as we look ahead
All of our loved ones together again
Forever

-Shiidon, February 2008