We Come We Go Poem by John Howard Davies

WE COME, WE GO
WE THINK WE KNOW
BUT REALLY WE KNOW NOTHING
WE TRY WE CRY
WE SOMETIMES LIE
FOR JUST A PIECE OF SOMETHING
WE ARE WE'RE NOT
WE WERE A LOT
AND THEN WE'RE JUST LEFT SUFFERING
WE WISH WE FISH
WE SOMETIMES MISS
BUT ALWAYS KEEP ON LAUGHING
WE PRAY WE STRAY
WE SING WE PLAY
BUT ALWAYS PROMOTE STARTING
IN LIFE WE LIVE
IN DEATH WE SLEEP
IN US WE KEEP BELIEVING
FOR THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAN
OUR LIVES THAT WE ALL LIVE IN
AND WHEN THOSE LIVES ARE GONE AWAY
AND NIGHTS ARE COLD
AND SUNSHINES GREY
WATERS RIPPLE, QUIET STAYS
UNTIL THE HURT HAS GONE AWAY
WE STAND AND WATCH AS LIFETIMES PLAY
THOSE OLD FAMILIAR THOUGHTS EACH DAY
THESE GHOSTS WE GIVE GREAT SPACES TO
THAT LIVE IN ME AND BREATH IN YOU
COME VISITING IN SHADES OF BLUE
CONVINCING US US THAT THEY ARE TRUE
AND SO THEY ARE TO SOME DEGREE
THOSE GHOSTS IN YOU AND THOSE IN ME
FOR MEMORIES ARE GHOSTS FOR SURE
AS DRIFT THEY DO FOR EVER MORE
THEY NEVER LEAVE AND NOR THEY SHOULD
THESE GHOSTS LIVE WITH US.............
AND THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.