Lifescapes
By Carl M. Lucas

It’s time to set another goal.
To climb another rocky knoll;
To live out another role,
It’s time to feed my hungry soul.

It’s time to think new thoughts again,
to blame no one for what we’ve been;
to sit alone and look within.
It’s time to play, at last, to win.

It’s time to look ahead once more,
To forget the long last days of yore,
To open up another door,
It’s time to let my spirit soar.

It’s time to take a stand that’s strong,
To forget about what seems so wrong,
To strive with others to get along,
It’s time to sing a happy song.

It’s time to scan the stars above,
To scatter feed for a hungry dove,
To reach and touch without a glove,
It’s time to remember how to love.

It’s time to sheathe the warrior’s knife;
to subdue the slightest sense of strife;
to learn, perhaps, to play a fife.
It’s time to embrace the gift of life!