There is a turning
\nPoint in life
\nWhere values change,
\nA time when one’s
\nPriorities are rearranged,
\nNew goals are set in
\nThe light of new
\nKnowledge gained.
\nOld ways are passed
\nAnd left behind.
\n(But always remain,
\nAs conscious, and
\nUnconscious memory.) <\/p>\n
Material goals and
\nDesires may be
\nRealized immediately,
\nBut the ones that make
\nMore sense, and have
\nMore intrinsic long-term
\nMeaning, cannot be
\nRealized before, from this
\nPlane of life we are freed.
\nAnd until death
\nIt may not be known
\nWhat in life we should
\nBe doing. <\/p>\n
Surmise we can, though,
\nAnd change our path,
\nAttempting to decide where
\nOur future lies:
\nBut whatever’s done now
\nShall be answered for
\nIn another time, as the
\nThings about us are
\nSeeds long ago sown. <\/p>\n
This turning point in
\nLife; a time of contemplation,
\nA weighing of many
\nAlternatives, and projection
\nOf many more hopes;
\nHopes as yet unrealized,
\nAnd hopes, controlled by
\nDesires we may or may not
\nUnderstand. <\/p>\n
I am now at that strange
\nPeriod, that pondering time:
\nThe turning point in life,
\nAnd have been for
\nTwenty-two years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is a turning
Point in life
Where values change,
A time when one’s
Priorities are rearranged,
New goals are set in
The light of new
Knowledge gained.
Old ways are passed
And left behind.
(But always remain,
As conscious, and
Unconscious memory.) <\/p>\n
Material goals and
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