The Point Of Life

1 looks to the stars
  turns to the east
  leans on the powers
    of reason & truth.

1 pays for the view
  waits for the feast
  contemplates beauty
    & holds on to youth.

1 bows to the throne
  flees from the beast
  stands off alone
    while one sets up
    a booth.

1 searches within
  struggles for peace
  sees time begin
    to grow long
    in the tooth.

1 takes up the cross
  suffers the sentence
  ‘s less where he is now
    than where he
    is going.

1‘s done what he’s done
  comes to his senses
  turns to the one
    hanging next to him,
    knowing

1 speaks of a presence
  lives for today
  lifts up the other
    and shows him
    the way.