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ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

0 posted 2007-02-18 10:50 PM

Close of Day

In twilight years, your ways now set,
it’s now you’re finally ‘you’.
A life fulfilled, or just regrets
you’d not seen all dreams through.

You race like mad to make up time
misplaced along the way,
the things you missed, whilst in your prime,
you’re searching for today.

We never realise all dreams
or satisfy all needs,
but have to live within our means
and follow where life leads.

So be at peace inside yourself
as final days draw near,
and know you’ve taken from life’s shelf,
the best that ‘you’ held dear.

Seek out the things you still desire,
still live your life in full,
for naught can quench the inner fire,
your spirit age can’t dull.

Then when at last you take your leave
you’ll journey with a with a smile,
for in your heart you’ll then believe
your lifetime was worthwhile.

Ivor G Davies

The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last.
It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2007-02-18 11:55 PM

I'm not sure I've reached my twilight years but I'm sure to this point now

thought-provoking write Ivor

Rod
Member

since 1999-12-08

Posts 149
Auckland New Zealand

2 posted 2007-02-19 12:00 PM

Ain't that the truth!!
Brilliant, Ivor! Well put Sir.

The greatest thing you can do for another is not just to share your own riches...but to reveal to him his own.

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

3 posted 2007-02-19 10:37 PM

"...still live your life in full,
for naught can quench the inner fire..."

There are no words more true.

Robert Frazier
Senior Member

since 2003-02-06

Posts 1014

4 posted 2007-02-19 10:51 PM

sage and true!
"for naught can quench the inner fire" . . .
I'll scribe to sticky-note and onto
my computer - - maybe better to fasten on my forehead!

Robert

ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

5 posted 2007-02-20 06:12 AM

Thank you all for responding to this. I have found that, because of the pressures and judgment of society, too many people go through life fully aware of, and reflecting on what they are unable to do instead of rejoicing at what they are able to do, have accomplished, and wish to accomplish.

This gets even worse when faced with a disability, either of physical, mental, age, social background etc.

Yesterday I published a poem on the 12th anniversary of my daughters death,(Ashes in the Wind) that was truthfully written from beyond the physical. This has messages for myself and anybody else who cares to read it about not only survival in this life, but how important it is to use our abilities to enjoy whatever hand we are dealt.

Ivor

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

6 posted 2007-02-27 03:59 AM

So glad I read this today - a work mate died yesterday at the age of 26. We were reflecting today on how she put so much into her short life and how she will be remembered for the fact that at a young age she had done so much of what she wanted to achieve in life.
wonderfully written - thanks for sharing.
God bless you and your family, take care.
~hugs~

Tracie

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

7 posted 2007-03-02 05:46 PM

Tracie,

Thank you for letting me know, we all need reminding at times (myself included) that death is a new beginning. Sometimes we have fulfilled our purpose here in far less than our allocated 3 score years and 10.

Ivor

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