The Journey Of Modern Life Poem by Paula Glynn

All start out wonderful and innocent children
Yet some turn out bad with a childhood sad
Scheming behind others back: some people had
Lying and cheating for personal gain
Lavishing in others misery and pain.

The cold dark streets nowhere for the sane
Tricks and cheating the name of the game
Sensible people sitting at home watching television
Smart people using common sense and their brain
The nighttime outside nowhere for the sane.

People wake to a cold and raining morning
To face a day interesting and far from boring
All walks of life from sleepy woken-up schoolchildren
To ambitious office workers and to hardworking shopworkers
And to the supported disabled and vulnerable elderly.

Many religious pray to God in church
Asking for forgiveness and redemption
Asking how to forgive those who've done them wrong
And how to be sensibly emotionally strong
Their personal power shattered like a broken mirror.

Time continues on with some kind of mystic plan
That events organize themselves like fate
Like a birthday party that came too late
But a happy party does let everyone know and relate
That everyone has a rightful place in the world.

Scientists come up with explanations
They come up with scientific theories and ideas
But there is one thing that is deeply clear:
There are mysterious events that are not so easily explained
Even to minds scientifically trained.

Some people learn by travelling the earth
They go on every mode of transport without boredom
They experience different ethnicity and cultures
They never bow down to aggressive vultures
No matter their circumstances or vulnerabilities.

All this shows is life goes as it goes
Whether life a constant exciting theatre show
Or a quiet church living in the peaceful silence of God
Or helping those disabled live good and enjoyable lives
One thing is true: we all have important and valuable pride.