"The River of Life"

As we live and die at the same time in the clocks bosom;
my experiences have transmuted to pearls of wisdom.
Sit with me here, near the river of life,
and see its futile reflections as seeds blossom, wither and perish.

Once I had shiny cheeks and pointed nipples I used to cherish.
See ,they are antiqued, flaccid with wrinkled faces.
Even my flatulence no longer adds its usual fragrances.
My teeth fall off and eating comes with its own challenges.
Don't worry my child, have no worries only wait and see, but live with pride as you age;
And never forget to smile with a happy face.

Source: cmcghana.blogspot.com/PoetryGH

"Life after Life"

Life after Life!

The journey of life can be bitter

embittering even the purest souls--

stripping them of their remaining tattered pride,

causing some to backslide

from their quest to live better

above a million foul

yet that is no excuse

Tick tock, tick tock, times' riding a chariot unamused

while some fatten themselves for worms

somehow life would come to an end--on the other side many sons

of men are crying a river,

they would not be comforted

by thousand words sugared

to make what is sour sweet:

not when they're pain is beyond

the rich man who's fate was hell--

not a drop of water from Lazarus' side:

their supplications are made void

Perhaps your fate would be in glory

either ways it would be after this life

else why would a man toil in this life 

and later rob himself of eternity

with the Maker: that would be a pity

at the least worse above folly

Poet: Crabbe Nathaniel.

POEM: "What must be Would be"

Feeble and wrinkled,

at age hundred he dwindled

in frame and strength

but what he lacked most was breath-

had he the breath of another's yawn

he would have escaped death that dawn

for that am certain and I will also not marvel

should this be your fate as his was-

a man whose face

my memory holds: it fails to dwindle.

Our fears are greatly

fed by the unknown:

rarely by the common

things and this is true of man-

even liquor would but for a period

leave us feeling secured

yet when all is done

what must be would be,

undoubtedly,

one of such is death

but I am not afraid of death

if am allowed to say

although that would not be

my first choice

if am to choose today

because I am less poised

but what must be would be

and one of such is death after birth.

SOURCE:cmcghana.blogspot.com/crabbe nathaniel.