Shared Strength

What is death but a question oft pondered Where do we go and will we meet again What about the things I know What about the things I love We ask these questions through all ages A search not for answers but control Death the greatest unknown, beautifully so It's unpredictability displays true equality The question properly pondered rather Is the question of what is life truly Divinely purposed or a great accident You are here, I am here and we are here   I see sadness in great wealth and blight I see happiness in health and terrible sickness I see kindness and love in peace and war Perhaps, we are as unpredictable as death What is life I ask the blank page before me The answer seems clear in my minds eye To balance the you, the we and the I While only seeking change from me To give freely is not necessarily charity To give from money or some living trust But give rather the heart in word and deed Time and time again without expectation To change without expecting the change To free

Mr. Toad's Road Around we go on Mr. Toads' road Left and right through hairpin turns Our destination, the place we began We will arrive a few minutes older But mentally, I am not quite so sure  With each turn I see the joy and wonder The laughter of childhood imagination Seeing reality through a child's lens  Has me contemplating the child inside Crowing like Pan, against adulthood   Around we go, like so many before  I can feel the urge inside to just let go To be a kid, free to be free of worry  This is her moment, This is my moment This is our moment of pure imagination Soon the world will call and I must go To continue my march back to the beginning My final destination is the place we all began But perhaps, I will take a dream or two with me To treasure and guide me along the way To look at the world as a kaleidoscope of color And not be troubled to try and make sense of it Even as tender, precious moments fade in time Against the dulling and constant stroke of time Bu