Lost In Refrain

Do you have enough stories,

have you told enough tales

Is your life overflowing,

with a need to regale

Have the roses you’ve smelled,

lined your heart or your mind

Is the path that you’ve chosen,

ahead or behind

Is your life worth a novel,

or even a poem

Are the years all connected,

or scattered and broken

If you leave only money,

or fortune, or fame

The last chapter unwritten

—and lost in refrain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2019)