Lessons

It is as of yesterday
I was young, youthful
I had energy to burn
Now I am older
The trials of life have worn
Against my soul and heart ~

It seems the more I go through
I become a better person
I would not trade
My youth of yesterday
For the wisdom grown today
For I have learned the secrets of life
They are handed down to us ~

We must come to our end
To begin to understand
Our way of thinking put aside
To absorb the knowledge of truth ~

You can have only one will
And that follow and live
A divided soul is confused
You constantly travel a circle
Never breaking free ~

Old age may take my youth
It may take my body
But it gifts my soul
From the lessons of life ~

I can only be grateful
For the daily lessons I learn
They are a gift from God
Even though at the time
I may not see them as such.