Time

The clock keeps ticking...
Only the eternal can afford to wait,
but, then, who is immortal?
Or, rather, what?
Everything has an expiration date,
just as everyone has a checkout time;

Death is certain,
only life is up for grabs,
here today and gone tomorrow,
that is the human condition...
Lucky are those who are healthy enough to drink,
and who can find comfort in the bottle;

Oh to be young and strong and brave,
more than that,
to be able to think,
An old mind in a young body,
But, alas, wisdom can come only with age and experience;

Wisdom is a treasure beyond price,
It allows one to profit without loss,
It comes with age because the mind is a biological computer,
Youth has biology against it,
the hormones rage,
the intellect is overcome;

Experience teaches us to stand outside ourselves,
and to look at the "Big Picture"...
The individual is a grain of sand on the beach,
We unite to build sand-castles,
easily washed away by the tide;

So it goes,
through the cycles of time,
History repeats itself,
over and over,
We go through the motions of life,
without giving any thought to the process....