Wheel of Life

We step into the threshold of time
Taking our slot on the wheel of life
We move in sequence to others
Sharing the same slot in time
We take on the ways of that generation
Listening
Speaking
With the vocabulary
Of others
Sharing the same circle
Our ways
So different than
Others in another time slot
We dress different
Music is different
Our beliefs
Unless taught
From those before us
Take on another viewpoint
And we bend to those
That we believe
Are wise
Wiser than ourselves
We are so different
From generation to generation
And our children
Will move in another time
Different than ours
How to blend the ways
Of those before us
And those after us
We circle the wheel
Getting on at one point
Stepping off at different points
Those entering at the same period as us
Will leave not on the same scale
Some before us
Some after us
Yet, we all are the same
All desiring to be loved
All desiring companionship
All desiring to become
Stronger
Better
Than those before us
We all have the same spirit
Of life breathed in us
From our great Father
What we have done
During our time on the wheel
Will be different than another
Different cultures
Different parents
Different beliefs
All planted in us
Changing us
To who we are
But our end will be the same
We all will leave this earth
As we entered
Bringing nothing in
Taking nothing out
And another plane
We will step into
One that will keep us
Forever
And ever
It is that place
That life is all about
For that zone
If you so choose
Will be ready for you
That place
Made room for you
But, oh
Another plane churns away
It will also take you
Through eternity
Which zone did you choose
Which will have your name implanted on it
To take you
And implant you
For eternity
For one day you will step off
The moving wheel of life
And another place
Awaits its new member.

Gail Adams