Life, What For? Poem by Rik Bertrand

WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, DRESS YOURSELF FOR FUN.
WALK OUT INTO THE MORNING AIR, LOOK UP TO THE SUN.
THINK OF TOMORROW AND THE JOYS THAT IT MAY BRING.
THEN LAUGH OFF ALL YOUR WORRIES, AND BEGIN TO SING

LIFE AND ALL ITS GLORIES,
TODAY’S LOVE STORIES,
YESTERDAYS ARE FOREVER
TOMORROW MAYBE NEVER.

THE NIGHT BRINGS THE PARYY, THE DANCE AND THE LIGHT.
WE LOOK INTO THE BALLROOM, AND WATCH FROM OUT OF SIGHT.
HAPPY PEOPLE WHO THRIVE ON PERFECTION, NEVER HAVING FUN.
AND WE CRY AS WE WATCH THEM TILL THE NIGHT IS DONE.

THE NIGHT IS A FANTASY
THE MOON IS ALL WAY FANCY
THE DAY BRINGS TOMORROW
AS WE ALL CRY WITH SORROW.

WEEKENDS COME AND THEN THEY GO, LIFE IS AT ITS BEST.
AND ALL WE DO IS WALK AROUND JUST LIKE ALL THE REST.
BUT SOMETIMES A JOYOUS SONG WILL PLAY IN THE EAR,
AND WE WILL ALL SIT QUIETLY, SO THAT WE ALL CAN HEAR.

WEEKENDS BRIGHT,
FULL OF LIGHT,
AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE,
FUN ON A SUMMER NIGHT, DO WE EVEN DARE?

TIME TELLS ALL THAT LIFE IS SHORT, TELL ME SOME MORE.
LIFE CAN BE GOOD OR BAD, ITS YOU WHO PICKS THE DOOR.
DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME, WEEKEND, LIFE, LOVE WHAT FOR?
FOR THE HEART THAT SITS INSIDE YOU, FOR YOUR INNER CORE.

REB