Forever Young

 

This cage of wants and hopes and dreams will age, as wear and tear

Will take its toll where aches and pains will make us more aware

Of what has always been this way; time’s play of groan and grin

Will scrawl its telling empathy on/in envelopes of skin

The best and worst of blessed and cursed will keep no form intact

Time’s sleight of hand adept at disclosing matters of fact

Yet cannot touch the much more meaningful and precious part

Where love and thankfulness can keep us ever young at heart

© Janet Martin

Psalm 100:5

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.