As I walked a lonely mountain track <br />i met an old man with a pack on his back <br />'are there any wise words with me you'd like to share <br />is there anything of which i should be aware'? <br /> <br />'don't waste your time on things that can't be changed <br />or think that someone else, has got to be blamed <br />worry will leave you, so tired and weary <br />these are my thoughts, this is my theory' <br /> <br /> <br /> as high as a mountain, as wide as the sky <br /> my love for you, i could never justify <br /> like the rivers, the ocean and the sea <br /> what is, is, and shall always be <br /> <br />you're living in the future or the past somehow <br />I for one am going to live in the now <br />like our meeting and our conversation <br />it's the journey that counts not the destination <br /> <br />'to strive to be the best is an absurdity <br />you've just got to be, the best you can be <br />play the hand your dealt, play your cards my friend, <br />it's all you can do, it's all I recommend' <br /> <br /> as high as a mountain, as wide as the sky <br /> my love for you, i could never justify <br /> like the rivers, the ocean and the sea <br /> what is, is, and shall always be<br /><br />Peter Strugnell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-is-is/
