*3 Nothing Lasts For Ever Poem by John Knight

Nothing lasts for ever - except the LOVE of GOD
Tomorrow all forgotten - the streets where once I trod
Even in my lifetime - I've seen things come and go
The school where I was taught - places I used to know.
Buildings fine and monuments - now lie beneath the sod
Nothing lasts forever - except the LOVE of GOD.

Nothing lasts forever - except the LOVE of GOD
The barns I stored my corn in - the horses I once shod
The fields we sowed our wheat in - all concrete covered Malls
Now an ugly motorway - the woods I played with Pals
Where is she now the sacred cow - of Farmer Ormerod?
Nothing lasts forever - except the LOVE of GOD.

Change and decay and building grey - in all around I see
I only hope the folks i know - can se the change in me.
For since I put my trust in GOD - my future's far from bleak
I know this Earth will pass away - so Heaven's love I seek
The Lord is my Good Shepherd - I trust His staff and rod
For - Nothing lasts for ever - except the LOVE of GOD.

John Knight 2 March 2011.