LOOK DEEP

LOOK DEEP

As you look deep into these aging eyes
Do you see a child with a soul still free
The heart of a child beats inside this body
Although the aged shell is all you now see

Can you see the joy of youth still playing
From behind these time-worn eyes
An inner light shines as bright as the stars
Still living beneath this thin disguise

How cruel the passing years seem to be
With our costumes changing as we age
From infant to child, then young to old
Facing new problems witht every stage

It's as if we were many different people
The adult barely resembling the child
The external changes being so complete
Young and old are rarely reconciled

The way to get the whole picture, it seems
Is to think of everyone that we see
As the child they were, who they are today
And the old person they soon will be

There are some whose eyes still glimmer
For whom the child within never dies
Most who observe, see only the shell
Never knowing where youthfulness still lies

What can we learn from all these changes
Could be the fact that nothing stays real
How can we be judged by a deceptive facade
That only hides the way we truly feel

The day shall arrive when we’re dead and gone
When our short lives on earth are done
With all our trials rendered null and void
And all our battles either lost or won

No matter what, “life will always carry on”
You have read this in many a verse
The same is true for every person we meet
We will make each life somewhat better or worse

Thus, we should measure disheartening words
And make sure that they needed to be spoken
So we won't be among those who caused dismay
If they reach the end of a life, heartbroken

And when those we've known are old and gray
Remembering the years they left behind
Comforting words we said, might return again
With the memory that we were kind


RoKo​

 

Thank You, Ruby
BE HAPPY
RoKo