Life in Perspective

Tulips breakthrough shrouds of dirt,
Birds coddle their unhatched eggs.
Warmer winds slowly caress the earth,
As fawns teeter on wobbly legs.

Melting snow gives way to green,
As a yearning fills the air.
Dismal grey slowly turns serene,
As blossoms sprout everywhere.

New beginnings, signs of spring,
God and Mother Nature's rapport.
The symphony of wonder that each year brings,
Times to reflect and adore.

Life begins every moment,
There's new light in each hemisphere.
Cherish it with sober atonement,
For death is perpetually near.

Sixty seconds become a minute,
Sixty minutes become a hour.
One hundred sixty eight hours in a week,
Fifty two weeks turn into a year.

Eight thousand seven hundred thirty six,
In a year, its the hours that have been.
That's 365 days, give or take,
Three thousand six fifty in 10.

Eighty seven thousand six hundred hours,
Age 10 and growing fast.
To get to 50 multiply by five.
Four hundred thirty eight thousand past.

Those are the hours in half a century,
In minutes, twenty six million point three.
Times that by two and again by 60,
Three point two billion seconds make a century.

Divide that by 100 to get seconds in a year,
Divide 60 to get the minutes gone by.
Divide that by another 60 then multiply your age,
That approximates life hours for your and I.

When we're born our life clock appears,
One's lifetime starts ticking by.
Minutes become hours, days turn to years,
A different perspective of how we live and die.




Copyright © October 2009
Kevin Mooney