as the old comes to close

the end now in sight

it’s easy to glance backward

at the plight

and failures

of the unmet goals

so resolute at the first

we met life with thirst

ready to drink it down

but this glass had holes

and now it ends

a new time is come

more of the same?

perhaps

but such a shame

to go about this world

without a hope stirred

in our hearts

awaiting

better things to come

 

anthony forrest