No rewind on life

Our grasp has no grip

There's not a thing we can do

To slow down this trip.

   

Open your eyes wide

See all that you see

Gales blow to the rocky shore

We list to the lee.

   

We kick against goads

Blame struggle for pain

Totally blind to the point

That hurt reveals gain.

   

For how could we know

That all that we want

Elusive and misleading

In this lifetime jaunt?

   

For if we caught it

Our tail in our teeth

Would we stop and just wonder

Our time slipped the sheath?

   

Our empty pursuits

Our grubby hand-holds

Will only fail to secure

All that's dear we hold.

   

A deeper yearning

Tugs soft at our sleeves

We hide under a bushel

Ignore what it means.

   

But it's there for good

For our greatest gain

And sometimes we find it most

When in the most pain.

    

It's our true calling

Our life's one purpose

That carries us home again

Safe harbor's purchase.

    

The hound of heaven

Viciously runs down

Many strivers and dreamers

When they've hit the ground.

    

Keep your eyes upward

Use your strength to chase

Eternal not temporal

Or your life you'll waste.

  

   

@Copyright 2010  Chris Brady