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Beatrice Boyle
Member

since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

0 posted 2006-12-20 03:01 AM

What if my life changed tomorrow
Or I slept the sleep of death
Would I leave a trail of sorrow
As I struggle for each breath?
Would I have time to make amends
To those that I have wronged
And tell my beloved friends
How much I've loved them all along?

What if I should live
But the life that I once knew
Came crashing down around me
And my world was all askew?
Would I have the courage
To accept it and go on
Or bemoan my fate forever
Mourning a life that now is gone?

In death you have no choice
As to when it comes to call
In life...there is no timetable
When tragedy will be befall
There are no second chances
In this life that we are living
NOW is the only time we have
To be loving and forgiving

Live each day completely
As though it were your last
Cherish each and every moment
For life goes by too fast

Copyright©2004Beatrice Boyle
(All rights reserved)

trutodaraiders
Senior Member

since 2006-12-02

Posts 820
CA

1 posted 2006-12-20 03:28 AM

I agree with you. Nicely done~ (:

Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. "
Leon Cohen~

Beatrice Boyle
Member

since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

2 posted 2006-12-20 03:35 AM

Thanks Bill...These are words to live by (as I keep telling my kids!!)

Bea

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

3 posted 2006-12-20 04:13 AM

Beautifully penned Grandma Bea... exactly my sentiments! Life is for living..

Beatrice Boyle
Member

since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

4 posted 2006-12-20 05:30 AM

Thanks Roniece...There are no dress rehearsals in life...this is IT!

Bea

MoonShadow
Senior Member

since 2001-08-02

Posts 943
Dark side of the Moon.

5 posted 2006-12-29 10:03 PM

Milady Bea.... nice and uplifting (by the way... I love Chicken Soup) sometimes just what the right prescription for the soul. Thank you for sharing.

MoonShadow

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2006-12-30 09:35 AM

good advice

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

7 posted 2006-12-31 01:43 AM

amen.

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