Life & Lessons

Time sails, moments pass,

Yet the feelings remain,

Unquenched and expectant,

Parched in the end.

For the test of time

Leaves treasured scars,

More profound than before,

More draining forever.

Yet the teachings abound,

Lessons that stand testimony

To whatever remains of time.

Alas, if only there were a trial,

If only there were an option,

If only there were a choice

To relive every moment again,

Life would be far easier! But

Then that would be a myth,

And not truly life!!!

What does life really teach?

Why does life really teach?

How does life really teach?

You see, for every lesson,

There is a cost,

There is a maturity,

There is less of wonder!

As we graduate,

With more wisdom 

We lose time,

We lose innocence,

We lose life itself.

With all that it teaches,

We grow more numb,

We grow more silent,

We keep our distance.

Because we know

Those lessons, those teachings,

Can never be put to test again.

After all, life is but once!!