LIFE

KISS THE PAST GOODBYE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW.
ALL THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
FOR THEM WE MUST NOT SORROW.

SO THANKS TO GOD FOR WHAT WE HAVE,
THOUGH NOT WHAT WE WISHED FOR.
THE SIMPLE AND ETERNAL THINGS
JUST THERE OUTSIDE OUR DOOR.

THE BIRDS THAT SING IN TALL OLD TREES,
AND CHILDREN CHASING BAD MEN.
THE SONG OF RAIN ON WINDOW PANES
AND "OUR SONG" HEARD AGAIN.

THE PAST AND TOMORROW
DON'T COUNT AT ALL TODAY.
THE ONE DOES NOT EXIST
THE OTHER HAS GONE AWAY.

(The Old Hillbilly)