The Winds of Change

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~II ~ ~ ~ //~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~II ~ ~ ~ //~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\\~ I I ~ //~ ~ ~ ~ \\ ~ ~ ~ \\~ I I ~ ~//~ ~ ~ \ ~ \\ ~ ~ ~ \\~ I I ~ //~ ~ ~ \ ~ \\ ~ ~ ~ \\~ I I ~//~ ~ \ ~ \\ ~ \\ I I // ~ ~ \ ~ // I I \ \\ / I I The winds of Change I \ I I I I I I I The winds of change are adamant I I I I unyielding, unbending and stubborn: I I I I they can be soft like summer breeze I I I I that kisses the cheeks of passers-by: I I I I they can be deadly violent or ferocious I I I I like tornadoes that tear down tenacious I I I I branches and blow away solid roof tops~ I I I I they are hard to resist even with sturdy I I I I strife. The only constant in life is change: I I I I a new born babe soon becomes a child, I I I I a child turns into a man and thereafter I I I I quits the world. Day changes to gloom I I I I of night, night changes to light of day, I I I I cold winter changes to spring shine, I I I I summer changes to autumn decline. I I I I Nothing is static in life, movement is I I I I inexorable, it`s either full forward or I I I I backward: if one does not move fast I I I I forward forthright, firmly grasping I I I I the winds of change, one will be I I I I hurled in the backyard and decay I I / \ in the dark. The adage is to adapt / \ / \ like grass or perish like tall trees. / \ / \ / \ / ----------\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ /---------\