Thursday Thoughts (and shots) on Lots of Becauses:) Happy Thursday!

Because we are not always

As kind as we should be

We need to learn words like

I’m sorry and forgive me

Because Today

Will never pass this way again

We should at the very least try

To do the best we can

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Because we are all

On a one-day-at-a-time course

To getting older

It is reasonable to be gentle

And rehearse

Patience with one another 

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Because none of us

Is guaranteed tomorrow

We should not try

Its trouble to borrow

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Because earth is the threshold

To a Greater Creation

We should kneel and ask God

To help us

Prepare for That Inauguration

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Because Time is the soul’s preparation-ground

And our worth, the gift of God’s grace

Oh, pray nobody will be found

Unprepared at the end of this race

Because in the end of this life begins

the eternity we chose

here on earth, Time’s preparation ground

For ‘after the Curtain’s close’

Because the sweep of seasons slip

And slip of seasons sweep

We should get out and try to find

One memory to keep

…Because we are all new-comers

To this reunion on the grass

Grappling with the sands of time

Rushing through its glass

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Because no one is immune

To the tune of an echo

Touch tick-tock’s harp-strings

With reverent care

Soft on the vesper

Returns not the hour

But muted mantras

Of what we played there

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Because, love is a universal need

My dear

Its universal language is

A tear

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Because we take and eat, dear Lord

What Thy mercies exude

How rude to stuff our faces

Without hearts of gratitude

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Because the pen is mightier than sword

Because the tongue can kindle a great flare

We should give careful heed to every word

Before we strike a spark to page or air

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Because we are prone to words like 'oh my’

And worn out clichés like ‘how time does fly’

Thus, we are like sisters and brothers; all human

With things like tug-of- heart-strings in common

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Because everyone gets

One day at a time

There should be no pushing and shoving

But a hand-in-hand helping

As we climb

Janet Martin~