Yesterday's Life Was All Roses and Sun
If sorrow and grief were replaced by glitz
and gladness would invite us to a waltz,
there would be lasting joy; nobody will
think of tears, of fear, of pain only of thrill;
honor peace and there won't be any blitz!
Such harmony was present in a garden
when our ancestors were without sin,
they never feared the lion and the tiger:
yesterday's life was all roses and sun!
The final threat is death, the plague that kills;
it comes at any age, at unexpected moments,
many try to defy it, but can they really trick it?
Its longevity depends mainly on self-taught
wisdom learned by living untroubled days:
yesterday's life was all roses and sun!
Written on 7/13/2016
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