Welcome to the rest of your life
and try to remember
that the future is always uncertain
and that the end may
always be near so hold on
to what you hold to be dear
because when it is your time
it is your time
and you will be gone
like a good rhyme.

Get rid of the pain
from people and things
that you thought were here
to stay but only seemed to last
in what seemed like just a
few short days.

Forget about that love
that you gave but was not returned
and all of those dreams
that passed before your eyes
and for which you
so yearned.

People and things quickly
become the past so enjoy them
while they are here
because so fast you look up
and they are gone
and you didn't even get a chance
to say "so long."

If you don't know where you are going
any road will get you there
so choose carefully the path you take
and avoid those traps
you were caught in before
and know that there is always
so much more then what
meets the eye.

Realize that it is better
to have given too much than
not enough because
in the end all you will do
is lose or make a friend
and you don't have
to pretend.                                          Jon York                  2012