As seasons sweep earth’s scattered shores
And time begins and ends its wars
As history knocks upon our doors
What have we learned?
Are we, who live earth’s latter years
Are we much wiser than our peers?
Have we gained wisdom by their tears?
What have we learned?
As mothers, sweethearts, lovers cry
As newborn babies live, to die
As hatred calls and we reply
What have we learned?
Through all the badges, medals earned
Through building bridges, once we burned
As history’s vivid proof returns
What have we learned?
Through all earth’s battles, won or lost
In pages tallying its cost
With great technology, our boast
What have we learned?
Today we have the luxury
Of unprecedented technology
How wise, how wise we ought to be
What have we learned?
Janet Martin~
Inspired in part, by last night's 60 minutes broadcast on the life of Steve Jobs.
His analysis of life- 'we come alone, we leave alone. Everything between those two points
no longer matters'. quoted loosely...the sadness of his words gripped my thoughts. I can't forget it.
He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21
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