Expectations Poem by Tom Zart

Life on Earth is a dangerous journey
As we walk down survival's road
Fearing some day that we might suffer.
Lord, we pray you'll lighten our load.


Our own ignorance keeps us happy
For there's so much we're not to know
Like who shall die, where, when and how
As the storms of our seasons blow.

No hope for human brotherhood
With one world, one race, one rule
We die from too much knowledge
And the greediness of a fool.

Hurried and worried, dawn till dusk
There's no time for a curtain call.
We burn our candles from both ends
And we're lucky to be alive at all.

Cards are shuffled and hands are dealt
For all to place their bets.
Youthful blunders, adulthood struggles
And old age with its regrets.

It matters not, how long we live
But more, how well we play our part.
For the road to Heaven is always near
As long as there's truth in our heart.

Some day there'll be a brand new Earth
Where the righteous rule, night and day.
No tears, death, pain nor sorrow
From the world that passed away.

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