Can't fault the years

Can't Fault The Years

Can't fault the years for piling up,
or the sorrows for increasing,
or the tears for falling.

None of those things
'cause the joys accumulate,
and the smiles increase.

But the goodbyes keep coming,
no matter how we struggle,
one after another, endless.

Friends move away,
our loved family dies,
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

No wonder our eyes strain
toward the unseen shore
looking for loves lost.

We struggle for survival,
simple as an oak cane,
and as blindly necessary.

But the tears still fall,
the sorrows increase,
and years pile up

Until that time we smile
and say with finality
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

Copyright 2012 by Stephen B. Bagley. All rights reserved. No copying without prior permission. Thank you for reading.

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