A Sonnet of Life

A SONNET OF LIFE (Apropos The Children I Know) Act your age my darling little child; Take care not to go about in blinded haste. Enjoy this lovely life for a while; Time is elusive and you have none to waste. Listen, candy does not always last very long; Can be as hard as rock, yet melts as easy as ice: Teases your tongue with sweetness and then its gone; Leaving you wading the emptiness of something once nice. Yes, when you are young, innocent and very sweet, This old life can throw many enticing things you way: Making you think that it’s all good and life is always neat; But be aware my child, life has her debts we all are bound to pay. For just as the night must surly turn into another day; You my child, like me, will eventually grow old and gray.