What I've Heard

Don't look to the future. Don't look to the past. Don't hold on to things that you know will not last. The distance 'tween starting and ending is vast But... The moments we live in go by oh so fast. One day we are here and the next we are gone But even without us life goes ever on. A beautiful sunset, then night, then the dawn And... All history gives in the end is a yawn. Lessons we learn may help in the hereafter, Carrying with us the tears and the laughter. It won't make life any slower or faster But... Maybe makes time a companion, not master. Test this for yourself and do not take my word. To follow a fool is, of course, quite absurd. The line between knowledge and wisdom is blurred But .. It can be achieved. At least that's what I've heard.