Chocolate Cherries

Chocolate Cherries

I look back and remember, it seems like yesterday

I was twenty and the world was for play

I was a soldier, sailor, airman or any one yesterday

I was of those for whom those bells were ready to play

You never notice when moving from young to middle age

I think we’re born at an age that forever’s ours

Even at ninety, we’d still be at that stage

You don’t notice when becoming old – see the bright eyes of those to behold

To be human isn’t easy

We’re the only species aware of mortality

To be young the time moves irrelevantly

We’re the ones that significantly notice time moves irrevocably

What’s the most important thing to be?

I was taught as The Bard intoned to be

True to you and seek happiness constantly

True happiness, the attainment of your values, chocolate cherries