The Book of Life

There is a book 

that everyone reads

that's full of wants

and full of needs

full of bad

full of good

 growing old and childhood 

with many people

big and small

wide and skinny

short and tall

a book where you have friends

a book where you have foes

a book that plants a family

and where love grows and grows

each year a page you turn

each chapter a lesson learned

getting closer and closer 

to the end

 or as some might say

the beginning again