LIFE

Life is time,
time to cross rivers,
bridges or no bridges.

Life is time,
time to throw the dice
and move around the
Monopoly board.

Life is time,
time to take the time
to sit there and fit together
the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle,
and it’s always more enjoyable
to do it as a family.

Life is time,
time to open doors,
to journey to far countries
and sometimes a pigsty,
only to discover the desire
to return home to those
we didn’t know loved us,
to those who looked
up the road every day to see
if we were going to come home
from the far country that day.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2009