And So

So quickly now The fading years, So brief somehow The past appears. So here we find Nostalgia sting, So there the mind Can barely string. So clearly brief The passage here, So telling grief Can falter spheres. So mark the mess That time forgets, So dump the trash Of old regrets. So here we sit And think old thoughts, So jest and wit Can purge sad noughts. So by and by The times we know, So sigh greets sigh The fading glow. So soon the end Comes to conclude, So brief this trend That life includes. So dare to live The comic fest, So learn to give Grace happy jest. Leon Enriquez 13 November 2014 Singapore