------Life------

How often I have wondered
I'm sure as most folks do
About life's rhyme and reason
and what we're here to do

Is there a clear cut purpose
for treading life's hiway
or  just to feel the simple joy 
that comes with each new day

If God is made of love and truth
and we are made by  him
why do we fail to realize
we've let those parts grow dim

We feel it watching sunsets
or in a young child's smile
Yet we forget and trudge our daily path
we call life's uphill mile

Maybe God is not a person
but peace and love and joy
and fills the total universe
for all creatures to employ
 
Mankind possesses wisdom
yet fails to understand
and places wealth and power
above what makes life grand

We need to somehow focus in
we all possess the heart
of changing our priorities
it's not too late to start

So would life gain more meaning
thru joy and peace and love
satisfied with life's great gift
and the universe above

I somehow doubt man's progress
in science or bombs or war
will yield eternal happiness 
or what life is truly for

 3/15/2005