On Change

It was happier then
That time
So much hope
Longing for what might come
A great horizon
Spread out before us
Who could tell
For nothing
Could hold us back

So was it then
It was our time
To live

And how we lived
So simply
With never a care
Life came with ease
When once we where there
No great troubles
To talk of
Only life
And love

So were we then...

Yet we were young
And unafraid
We had not embarked
From where we stayed
Here was safe
In this company of friends
Such was contentment
In our days

But now the days have changed
The colors have started to fade
Where once there were rich reds
Now distant grays

The light of life seems to have strayed
Were we wrong when young
To have played
Was it a waste
To be so

So innocent
And full of hope
Nothing could harm us
We were young

Yet were we blind....

Change brings character to mind
Something more there
To find
I wonder if
Twas all worthwhile
Those days
That led to this one

In spring we imagine
In summer we discover
In autumn we despair
In winter we reflect

Must it always be so
Must we always the
Autumn of November
And the winter
To remember

Yea,
We cannot wish them away
No,
They too are here to stay
But perhaps
Amidst the colors that stray
There is still hope
Within the seasons to come

Who can say
How long the leaf
May last
Before it too
Is past

But while its
Still today
Somehow
May we strive
To make some thing
Of it
Whether for a time we
Ponder and sit
Let us still make the
Most of it

Here's still time
To enjoy
To embrace
To long
And chase
Some heavenly
Grace

Yes still
Tis here
There's hope
For a new year
Cast not all
To fear
For it too
Will fade

But when fear may come
May we look to the one
Who brings courage too
And so, may we always
Pursue so diligently
Such a virtue

-Joshua Lee Foist