For I Could Not Pause For Life

Because I could not pause for life She kindly paused for me, Her carriage held but just ourselves And hospitality. We quickly drove, she seemed in haste While I had tucked away, My treasures and desires too Nay immortality. We passed the bend where stood a church Then crossed the shanty town, We passed the lea beside the lake We passed the hillock brown. We rushed into the falling dusk The skies hued gray and blue, Could fathom not my destiny Nor had the least of clue. I heard it not but life did tell To mind my vanity, That I may live in blessedness Forsake not sanity. The mystic shroud of passing time Forbade my heart to find, Old memories and mirthfulness That I had left behind. ***********