I let Life pass me by.....

Monument to Col. William Smith

Life Just Passed Me By

I felt the wind like the touch of Spring, 

Gently passing in the glow of day. 

I saw a scene so far from me, 

Yet passing just a foot away. 

I heard God as I walked the hill. 

I stopped to listen and to pray, 

And time just passed on by.

My heart smiled, enjoyed, and cared, 

As my lungs filled with the sweet Spring air; 

And the breeze against my face wasn‟t even there, 

As life just passed on by.

They laughed at me for I beamed with love, 

For the grass that felt like silken glove, 

It gave me pleasure and just a bit of love, 

And time just passed me by. 

I heard the call of the meadow‟s lark, 

I felt the tree and its rugged bark, 

But time had passed me by.

For now I‟m grown and now I‟ve lost, 

The simple heart that would have bought, 

With a fortune or a ransom lost, 

But not even that could stop.. 

Time from passing me on by.