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Written In Stone

Your days are numbered from the time you were born
Before you know it you blink and they're gone

It is incumbent when finding you're an adult 
To select the right course, proceed,  protest or join a cult

For sooner than soon, the youthful spring disappears
It dawns that you're old and it will move you to tears

But what comes next might be most important of all
When your eyes finally close comes the judgment call

All the iniquitous things you had chosen to do
Will then be paraded once more before you

But it's then too late and what's done can't be changed
It's Satan's stone where your acts are written and maintained

So think about this when that Dybbuk sits on your shoulder
And tell him "go back to Hell" before you get any older

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 5/29/2017 2:34:00 PM

Elizabeth, this is a different type of a couplet, you wrote. I could see scenes rushing in front of me as i was reading. You did well with this poem.

Elizabeth Smith
Date: 5/29/2017 3:24:00 PM

Thanks Darlene. How insightful. I really appreciate it. That's sort of what I imagine myself.

Phil Capitano

Date: 5/9/2017 6:53:00 AM

Cause and affect, our lives are like that; integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.Good one Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Smith
Date: 5/10/2017 6:48:00 PM

Thanks Phil. Most of us never give a thought to our everyday actions (me included) but I'm sure everything counts.

Ahmed Sheik Koya

Date: 4/22/2017 8:03:00 PM

I had to look up dybbuk. A very true poem. Wish everyone thought of consequences of their actions. It's only by Gds grace and love we can face Him.

Elizabeth Smith
Date: 4/24/2017 6:52:00 AM

I am so glad you liked it. I was afraid people would be put off but I did not mean to sound judgmental, just like you said, actions have consequences. Thanks so much, Ahmed