we are growing old together
time is passing fast
our youth was left behind ages ago
nothing does ever last
my skin is beginning to loosen
my hair beginning to thin
my body that once was my pride
uncovering it seems like a sin
doubts often assail me
about the ravages of time on my face
theres nothing that can slow down time,
theres nothing to halt that pace,
you who were once so handsome
contours of a greek god no less,
time has filled out those hollows
filled up the face I loved to caress,
but the wisdom that shines out of those eyes
the hurts you withstood and suffered,
the experience that life has taught us
has been by our love well buffered,
time heals those wounds like no other
God heals with his loving hands,
and both of us tread together this path
leaving some footprints in the sand
if we have done our bit in life
been good, and taught our children well
thanked God for all he gave us,
nothing more is there to tell
fate does deal different blows
to each and every in his creation
but how well we deal and learn from them
is the essence of life, the summation
every birth is meant to evolve
improve and become sublime,
and finally in some divine moment,
be lucky to submerge with the divine
Arti Chopra
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-essence-of-life-2/
