Such Is Life Poem by Phil Soar

I've thought of life so very long
Of good and bad, of right and wrong
Of thoughts and deeds, doubts and fears
And all those getting older years

Those years, as we learn to live
Of how to take and how to give
Of how to hate and still stay sane
Of how to fall in love again

To keep a friend in times of need
in a very special love indeed
To keep that love when others fade
Is to see the love you give, repaid

And through those getting older years
The joy, the laughter, and the tears
The crippling blows, the stones unturned
The just rewards for what you've earned

No monetary gain can spoil
The fun of trying and the toil
Of blood and sweat, and troubled strife
That makes it such a challenge.

LIFE