POETIC INTERLUDE #1

D's Song

THOUGH THE YEARS MAY PASS SO QUICKLY THEY SEEM

LIKE THE SIGH OF THE WIND ON THE WINGS OF A DREAM
WHOSE MEMORY LINGERS LONG PAST DAWN

THE SPIRIT THAT SHINES SO BRIGHTLY INSIDE
NEVER WILL AGE AND CAN’T BE DENIED
IT ONLY GROWS STRONGER AS TIME MOVES ON


THE MEASURE OF LIVING SHOULD NOT BE IN YEARS
BUT IN THE FRIENDS YOU COUNT BY YOUR SIDE
‘CAUSE YOUR NOT GETTING OLDER YOUR JUST GETTING BETTER
AND BETTER AT STANDING THE TIDE


IF I COULD ONLY MAKE A WISH
AND HAVE IT ALL COME TRUE
I’D ASK THAT YOUR JOYS BE MANY
AND ALL YOUR TROUBLES FEW

AND MAY THE RAIN FALL ON YOUR GARDEN
AS THE SUN SHINES ON YOUR FACE
AND MAY THE ROAD YOU CHOSE TO TRAVEL
BE AS LEVEL AS IT IS STRAIGHT


AND IF THE MEASURE OF LIVING IS NOT IN THE YEARS
BUT IN THE FRIENDS YOU COUNT BY YOUR SIDE
THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM ME YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY BE
THE OLDEST PERSON ALIVE
© p. rosko 1994
(song for an old friends b'day)