SEASONS OF LIFE
The vernal season approaches Bearing new lives, In spring, a flower blooms And an infant thrives. It lives its life with Such hope and ambition, So eager to grow up And then the seasons turn. Adulthood ensues with A burning passion to conquer, Heat waves of struggle Announce the arrival of summer. Endless avenues to explore And chances to be taken but, The prime of life is lost In search of warmth and comfort. Blissful rain then soothes The shame of failures and sin Of youth as the monsoon Washes away the fire within. Livelihood now sound and secure, Much like personal life, Outside of the occasional rainstorm Of midlife strife. Once again the biome goes dormant, Foreboding the end, When comes forth autumn Which commences the ascend. Physique now well past its prime, Threatens to fall apart, Identical to the dried leaves That fall at the seasons’ start. Often cold and cruel yet Somehow peacef...