Life just flies,
It tarries not,
So wake up, arise
To act your part.

When just a boy
Or a sprightly girl
Play and enjoy
All whirl and swirl.

When put to school
To read and write,
Learn well to pool
All wits upright.

When love beckons
As it soon will,
Use all your sense,
Still enjoy the thrill.

When yoked to work
Apply heart and soul
Without wail or sulk
Nor just for the dole.

When a mate comes
To share your fate,
Life soon becomes
An unclear mandate.

Soon learn to share
Your joys, sunshine,
And hide the stare
Of dark, dull pain.

Leave not aside
In rumble and tumble
Your pure, true stride
Noble, yet humble.

Try best to play
As many a role
As put in your way
By the childlike Soul.

Be a son or brother
Or daughter or sister
A father or mother
Or, well, a step-sister

Or a friend, beloved
Or a caring neighbour
Or a citizen proud
With fiery fervour.

If your ever find
Yourself as you act,
Confused in the mind
Or losing cool tact

Just relax and remind
Yourself in every scene
Every day is ordained
By the One unseen.

Learn thus to live
Hesitant ever to receive
Eager ever to give
And never sad to leave

This stage called life
For the nobler one,
The real, true Life
Near the Only One.