Memories

James 4:14                          New English Translation

14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Years have gone by so quickly and the distance just grew wider

Traveling in different directions, we lost sight of each other

It did not seem apparent but almost like a quiet glider

One of us soared on the wind while the other did not bother

Now we are gathered in a different dimension

I am here somewhere and you are out of sight

It seems that unity splattered against the wall of contention

While the atmosphere is polluted by one’s own desire

We came so far to stumble and now we can’t get up

We are too far apart to rebuild this crumbling plot

Once we were so “humble” as we spilled our full cup

To soothe every heart in need of unconditional love

There is only one answer and only one way to turn

Engraved deep in the inner-man and far beyond the flesh

Selfishness is like cancer that will deep and slowly burn

And rob you of the plans that God knows for your best

Where is the relationship, that once, we thought we had?

Was the smile that bubbled just from your heart’s desire?

Was it not the friendship that delivered you from sad?

That brought you so “humble” to the mission you admired

So many looked up to you and now are looking down

Almost like a season’s change appear the wounded and the fallen

Like leaves fall to be bagged and picked up from the ground

To be crushed and rearranged to protect the young in their calling