Life is a Partnership
Swinging into Old Age
Life is a partnership, a me and a you,
A hand in a hand as a concert of two
Going where never we’ve gone before,
Building a future with love at its core.
From first kiss to last kiss and each kiss between,
This path of discovery will be bound to be seen
As a tournament of sharing with one and with all
In the game that is life where we all share the ball.
So join with this you and join with this me
In the awe of the wonderment and friendship and love,
Give of your kindness that’s often hard won,
And each help each one do what cannot be done by the one.
Drop the armor, drop the spear, dump the gun, disarm the bomb,
For employing them inevitably leads us to the tomb
And disables Mother’s womb, whereas to leave a crumb
Of hope and a pointing to a worthy goal
Can form that partnership for which our life was born.
Go forth, explore, and spread the friendship word,
You will surprise yourself and for it be the stronger.
So screw the gods of war and fuck the goddam warringmongers!
For in life where hugs pay dividends and bullets never do,
A friendly kiss, an encouraging slap upon the back
Will earn you friends and not an enemy attack,
And soon we will be many, including all the meeker few.
And then as we begin our journey into the age of old,
We can sit and swing and reminisce and hear the story told
Of how we all made peace among the sour warring crowds,
And now we keep such playful pups instead of warring hounds.
Yes life is just a partnership, a you and a single one of me,
A ticket to go there hand in hand where never we’d gone before.
So much to see, so much to share, so much that we could dare.
The wonderment of life itself, so much of world for which to care.
It’s time to do and not to sit and stare, it’s time to board the ship
And join in life ’cause life is meant to be a partnership.
Life is a partnership, it is a you and a me,
Going throughout life as a single we,
Everywhere together with a hand in a hand,
Face to face with the world, as a dual band.
Never should there be and antonym to life,
Although that life was never meant to be forever
It was given for a reason, not only to be spent;
Your life is meant to share and willingly to dare,
For giving is receiving and living is to care.
♥ On a personal note, I have found such partnership in life, and in the Alzheimer’s community. Friendship (and charity) made the difference.
Let’s all reach out.
PICTURE CREDIT: https://pixabay.com/en/old-people-lovers-man-woman-love-545232/
