Playing Out Time

(Picture Credit - Unsplash)

People playing out time.

They work all day

Doing mundane jobs.

Passively watch the telly

And play on their mobile phones.

Week in week out:

Same routine,

With the odd break.

So what is The Purpose

Of all this?

We have our struggles and strifes,

Our glorious wins –

All forgotten once we go.

Generation follows generation,

Each an essay

At the game of Life.

So I ask again,

What is The Purpose?

I’ve asked this most of my life.

All I can say,

Scratching my head,

Is that we are here just

To Appreciate

The Beauty

Of our Universe,

This World we call “Earth”

And all that Mother Nature

Creates.

We must meditate on this

And make more music.

Listen to our Muses

Then sing, paint, write, sculpt

Or whatever Art

We care

To flow

From our souls.

Amen.

Paul Butters

© PB 1\4\2018.