As you travel through your life,
For what are you seeking?
The struggle throughout childhood
Into young adult hood,
Fraught with fear,
As you conquer the unknown.
The unknown becomes the experience
That is used throughout your lifetime,
Each new event widening that knowledge.
Life can be a jungle.
As you battle through adulthood,
Trying to go forward.
Others pull you back or distract you,
From reaching that unknown goal
For which you strive.
The turmoils that you face each day,
Adding to your experience,
But finding it harder to achieve.
You move into your twilight years,
Your journey nearly over.
What has it meant?
Are you still going forward?
Was your life worth the living?
Are all your dreams achieved?
Have you found what you sought?
Was your life mapped out?
Did you follow the route?
I look back on the life I’ve led
And find that my jungle had its problems.
But I still moved forward,
And that my life’s journey
Was filled with joy and love.
As I come into the light of old age,
I can look back and think that my life was good.
And when the time comes;
I can leave it as a contented man.