Should you doubt
Life’s fleeting pace,
I’ll set you right
On lifespan’s face,
The days that burn
With barely time
To see the night,
Or a full term
Of this life’s race,
Save ye borrow
Someone’s turn
Afore the morrow,
Less fate means play
A slice of mirth,
And chose instead
A bed of earth,
Be untimely stead
Tells best not dwell,
On wasteful notions
While ever nearer be,
Those waiting morrows!
Poetry on a canapé 
My sister’s father-in-law passed today. Your thoughts reminded me that we are a part of the infinite landscape. That we must be willing to surrender to the day that is given – to love and be loved, to give and to receive. To embrace it all – the joy, sorrow, hope and longing – that is part of our human experience. Thank you!!!
“On lifespan’s face,
The days that burn
With barely time
To see the night,”
Condolences to sister and you Rebecca.
I do indeed like where you point. A minor adjustment, gives yet another perspective to our few morrows;
With Morrows
~ up close ~
On a lifespan face
The days that burn
Gives barely time
To see the night!
Jean-Jacques Fournier
P.S…Thank you for that dear friend, that says it all!
I have kept these words in my heart all day…..a great comfort!
Grateful for the honour of having contributed dear friend. Jean-Jacques
Didn’t the Buddha say, “The trouble with you is you think you have time”? Life, now, is precious.
My condolences along with you to Rebecca’s sister-in-law, and family. It’s never easy to lose a parent.
Thank you Paulette. I believe the jury’s still out on this Buddha… as some say he did and some say he didn’t. However there is no doubt in what you say, that Life, now, is precious… to which I echo and so alas repeat, “With barely time, Tells best not dwell, on wasteful notions”. Jean-Jacques
Thank you, Paulette! What a month it has been, but I have taken comfort in the joy of living today, in the moment….
It is wonderful to meet kindred spirits along the way!
Kindred spirits indeed…and the feeling is indeed mutual, mes chers amis, Rebecca and Paulette! Jean-Jacques