Towards the Ending

By: Felix L. Perry

I look and the mirror tells me no lies

Closer to my end then my beginning

I can truly say I have nothing to regret

Nor is there anything I wouldn’t do over

For my past shaped my what is today

I smile, even knowing as I say this that

That time is quickly running out for me

So too, is this tired old body of mine…

Still…

I am thankful for living a full rich life

No silver spoon ever graced my mouth

Nor did any inheritance fill my coffers

What I got I earned and paid for myself

I made mistakes along the way as well

A man would be a hypocrite to deny his sins

All I can be is truly sorry for any hurts I caused

With time I learned and moved on…

Sometimes…

I imagine a piper playing on a hillside

His mournful dirge of Amazing Grace

Fitting to my demise when it arrives

Words by someone who really knew me

The sun sinking down to kiss the horizon

As hands are held and arms embrace

So smile for the times we once shared

Then send my name off, on the wind…

My End