The Earth Rolls On

Who is the young man, who stands at the dawn of the day, And views the world with a frivolous outlook, and with ease, He dreams, new dreams, his life years from decay, As if the earth were his, and he had only himself to please. Who is the middle aged man, who stands at the dawn of the day, And views the world, with an eye of someone so unbelieving, With stress and pressures, which weigh him down like clay, He finds the earth to be a place that's so unforgiving. Who is the old man, who stands at the dawn of the day, And views the world, with a subdued and despondent air, He's seen life come and go, and from him now, it's speeding away, And the earth that he remembers, is no longer fair, no longer there. But the earth rolls on, And our lifespan, too, will soon be gone. The young, the middle aged and the old. Their stories told. © Ernestine Northover