From the Collection Food for Thought By Abigayle

  The Book of Life   (Abigayle 1975)

Each day we live - each sight we see....

in our Book of Life,  is a memory.

It's ours to keep - and ours alone...

to store, and save, and call our own.

And as we age, the pages fill....

and our Book grows fat, and fatter still.

With stories of love, and tales of fun;

places we=ve gone...and things we=ve done...

Emotions we=ve felt, and times we=ve cried;

tears shed in joy...and tears born of pride.

But like all books, it must have an end....

that much we know; the question is WHEN?

How full will it be?  Is it happy or sad?

How much did you fit in the pages you had?

Did you try all the things that you wanted to try?

Did you grasp at each moment...or let it slip by?

How many chapters of life did you live?

And how much pleasure will READING it give?

When my Book is done, each chapter complete,

I=ll read and remember...each day and each week!

I=ll laugh at my follies.  I=ll savor times been.

I=ll watch and I=ll listen...and live it again!

I=m not yet through writing; my work is not done.

Though my Book=s at an end....it=s just Volume One!

Volume Two is much better!  And Three, better yet!

A new day of wonder....a new challenge met!

So fill up your pages, don=t waste any time!

LIFE is unending....and LIVING sublime!

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