Life isn't altogether what we IMAGINE

Life isn’t altogether what we imagine

we taste the sweet and not the bitter,

we see the beautiful flowers but not

how they wither.

We look forward always

for the better and not for the worst. We feel

healthy yet sickness comes by. We see the sunshine

but not the dark clouds that will bring the rain.

Oh my friend life doesn’t always glitter but

sure will make you flitter . Pretty isn't always nice

and laughter isn't always joy.

Good things hide

behind shady trees and bad things sticks itself

right up front with all the diamonds and pearls.

Don’t be fooled by what’s flashed in front of you

It’s all a mirage and soon will pass away and

leave you wandering like a lost child. You’d

knock from pillar to post, but you won’t even

have a place to rest your soul.

Only regrets

and distress that you would hardly be able to neglect.

Haunted and confronted by the worldly pleasures

You ran after not knowing it was all just fantasies,

and not really what you had desired. You saw that

it soon brought about illusions and melancholies.

Now you are sorry and look for somewhere to

carry your worries, you feel all the pains by

the things you thought was so lovely to gain.

Everything that glitter is not gold, after every shower

there won’t always be a rainbow, but surely after

every storm there will come, a calm.

Look at life for what it is don’t allow love,

money, riches etc. to blind you

live your life like there will be no tomorrow.

Keeping God always in your happiness, troubles and woes.

For there’s no better place to keep them but in Christ.

~Originally written in 2011