You hold onto this world
With the arms of a mother
Holding her newborn baby
A love like no other

Clutching desperately
To everything you hold dear
As time passes
Year after year

Things change so fast
In the blink of an eye
Scared to stop and smell the roses
Before life passes you by

We’re all on this rock together
We don’t know what to do
Our existence is transient
We’re all just passing through

Like grains of sand
Spread along the shore
Life is a chance
You couldn’t ask for more

You are unique
In every way
One in a billion
Or so they say

You get to experience
What it means to be alive
Why settle for anything less
When you can reach and strive

Nobody knows
What they are capable of
Until they are forced to change
And push comes to shove

Life seems so simple
When we are faced with death
Grounded to the world
Rooted in our breath

Coming to greet us
Then fading away
Reminding us again
Nothing is here to stay

Making us consider
Our own mortality
Teaching us how to live
In this reality

Follow your heart
Learn and grow
For a day will come
When you will let it all go