Love is a story
that never gets old because
time doesn't exist with love
only clocks exist and once
you change the way
you look at things
the things you are looking at
change.

I am an old man
and have seen  
known and felt many troubles
but most of them didn't really
need to happen so know
that life is not always fair
but that it is still
good.

Life isn't about finding yourself
life is about creating yourself
so understand those changes
taking place in your mind and body
and above all be kind and know
that in every living thing
there is the desire
for love.

Be yourself because everyone else
is already taken and speak the truth
even if your voice starts shaking
knowing that risks must be taken
because one of the greatest
hazards in life is to
risk nothing.

As I mark my words in prmanent ink
I can see that I am so much more
than people think and as I wander
through this lifetime
with the years flying by
I can't help but wonder why
I am still here and if I knew
no telling what I might
possibly do.

Because life is full of misery
loneliness and suffering
and it is all over much too soon
I feel so deeply I can't describe it
and sometimes I am so overwhelmed
that it becomes hard to breathe
so I changed the way I look at things
and I find that those things
I am looking at have changed and
it sets me free.                              Jon York          2013