HOW DO WE RATE


NOW IS THE TIME TO REMINISE
OF THINGS WE TRULY MISS.

WE PLAYED GAMES OUT IN THE STREET
AND FEW AUTOS DID WE MEET.


WE PLAYED ALL DAY UNTIL CALLED HOME
NEVER A THOUGHT WE WOULD EVER ROAM.
LIFE HAS CHANGED, I’M SAD TO SAY
FAR FROM FAMILY WE MOVED AWAY.


SO BUSY WERE WE LIVING LIFE
WORKING HARD AND FACING STRIFE.
YEARS WENT BY, OH SO FAST
NOW HERE WE ARE ALL AGHAST.


ALONG THE WAY WE ENJOYED THE VIEWS
AND TREASURED ALL THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.
BUT IN THE MIDST OF PAIN AND SORROW
WE CARRIED ON UNTIL A BRIGHT TOMORROW.


WE LIVED LIFE FROM SEASON TO SEASON
WHETHER WITH OR WITHOUT A REASON.
SEASONS CAME AND SEASONS WENT
AND SO TOO OUR LIVES WE SPENT.


NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK
AT ALL THE ENTRIES IN HIS BOOK.
WAS OUR LIFE CLASSED A+ GOOD?
LET’S HOPE HE UNDERSTOOD.


BUT ALL HE ASKED WAS JUST TO TRY
AND MORE GOOD THAN BAD WOULD SATISFY.
LOOKING BACK I'M SURE HE WILL SAY
YOU LIVED AND LOVED, IN HIS OWN WAY.


© 2003 Jim Keating, Sr.

 

 

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