Life begins much like an empty book
Pages waiting as a tranquil brook
How will daily life compose each page?
Breathtaking words at every age
Words starting with childlike, joyful prose
Sentences fill with love, head to toes
Paragraphs arrive, smiling each day
First page finishes, much like crochet
Chapters now gather, picking up speed
Transmission accepts each tender reed
Pages adding up, never afraid
Days, weeks, months, years gather . . . no charade
Life reaches the twilight of its time
Not pausing, not even for halftime
Who will ever read this manuscript?
There’s time to add a final postscript
With empty pages, life’s book began
Words maturing, always in God’s plan
Big Sky Buckeye 
Your couplets inspire me. Those empty pages call me. Time to fill one with the messages from my heart today. Thank you, {{{Richard}}} for your beautiful poem and your inspiration. 👍🏽❤️
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Jan, I am thankful for your words. I had an idea for this poem, but it took a few days for it to truly bear fruit. I am trying to write more poems about life in general along with my Christian ones.
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I like seeing you branch out. There’s a lot of Christ in the “other” 👍🏽🙏🏽
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Very beautiful poem, Richard. 😊
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Tina, I appreciate your kind words. God’s peace!
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God’s peace to you to. And thank you.
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Thanks for this poem! I have never been very good at keeping a journal. Maybe I will try again. 🙂🌟
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Susan, give it a try. I know my journal fuels other facets of my writing.
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You have filled the pages of your life beautifully my friend. Love and blessings
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Ashok, your words are very kind. My life has its own challenging pages, but this is how life is. We persevere.
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True Richard. We can and should do our best. That is all God wants of us. Persevere 🙏
It has been a pleasure knowing you 🙏
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the story of a life!
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Indeed Jim! I hope your students are filling out their lives with more than empty pages.
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