On the Cusp

All our lives we’re on the cusp When entering a phase, From infancy to toddlerhood And on, all through our days. We go to school and then we’re on The cusp of a career. We date and fall in love; the cusp Of family life draws near. We reach the cusp of middle age And possibly success, Along with all the highs and lows Of life and all the stress. As years go by, we reach the cusp Of yet another stage, Becoming “seniors” with the downfalls Linked with older age. It ends the way that it begins - For right from our first breath, We go through life, forgetting We are on the cusp of death.