The Survey
What have you made of life?
What has life made of you?
That silver spoon you were born with,
Is it tarnished or good as new?
Did you use it to feed another,
Someone hungry and down and out?
Was the path you trod always level?
Did you ever know pain or doubt?
What has life made of you?
What have you made of life?
You were a have-not at your birth.
Was all the rest struggle and strife?
Did adversity harden or soften you?
Was your journey a sorrowful one,
Or filled with such loveliness and joy
You regret it will soon be done?
Have you been mostly friend or enemy?
Were you blessing or were you curse,
Or both, or neither? Because of you,
Is life better, the same, or worse?
Copyright © Rita Janice Traub | Year Posted 2006
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