Your Book, Your Life, Your Song

There are those Who will tell you How to write your book They will tell you What has to be at the beginning How you should develop your plot Your characters And many Will even tell you How it should end What they will not tell you Is that this is your book And it is yours to write Not theirs There are those Who will tell you How to sing your song They will tell you What key you should sing it When to sing it fast When to sing it slow When and where You should show emotion And once again How your song will end And like before They will not tell you This is your song to sing Not theirs There are those Who will tell you How to live your life They will tell you What schools you should attend When and who you should marry How you should make your living And many times Who you should worship And even how to pray to them And as before Often they will tell you How your life should end Again what they won’t tell you Is that this is your life to live Not theirs My message to you today Is simple Write your own book You can start at the back And finish at the front You can even have the words backwards If you wish In the end This is your book to write Sing your song As only you can sing it Let the words flow from your heart Whisper if you wish Or shout until you rattle the windows Only you know the words And this is your song to sing It belongs to no one else But you Live your life As only you can live it Let no person tell you What you can Or can not do Remember It is the face in the mirror That you must live with each day Do you best to make the world around you A better place For yourself And for others And let God decide How and when Your life will end Write your own book Live your own life And sing your own song And bring a joyful noise Unto this world Ed Roberts 4/18/15 www.edrobertspoetry.com