Earthly Creatures

Earthly Creatures We are earthly creatures Marked by life And slowed By death. We are lifted By love And downed By reality. Our lives Are long walks Through deserts Interspersed with an oasis or two. Friends are roses Blooming along The gray roadsides That we stumble upon. And families Are usually people That start out as friends And end up as strangers. Such is life This thing we must do As we search for meaning And solace in the storm. If true love comes It comes as a surprise And like children, we, without thought Rip open the packages. The roads wind through mountains And our eyes are darkened By tears and rain and loss And brightened in the moments of sunshine. We are creatures Like no others We are not animals No matter if we live like they. We are men Who walk upright And seek to rise While falling down. And if, at the end of it all We are counted worthy To be adopted by heavenly creatures We will adapt, though it will be hard, to joy. ©by Voo 05/10/08 1:24 a.m. Sometimes When It Rains...... by Secret Garden please play with poem.....