As You Are

Don't put off joining until you think yourself ready,

you have always been ready,

just come as you are.

Come, as you are.
You were always coming this way anyway.
Don't prolong the inevitable,
leave now don't delay,
for the days they drip through you.
Into darkness, slip away.

Will you work until you're old,
and grey?
Lonely, cold, from the weight of all,
you bought and sold.
Or play?
Like a dancing star.

You're here for but a little while,
however far you get,
isn't far.
Will you wear a smile?
Or piles of trinkets,
clothes and jewels
to help you to forget?
Your date with destiny.

All the gold, all the respect,
all those things you carry,
will only weigh you down.
You hold them, and you tarry,
slowly around town.

Did you forget,
you must spiral ever down?
However high you get,
it isn't far to fall?
And lose it all you must.
It all must turn to rust,
and all will turn to dust.

No matter who you tell,
no matter who you trust.
The choppers axe must fell.
However far you thrust,
your head above the soil,
return to dirt you must.

Slip off this mortal coil,
or fall into eternity.
Ripped from your grasp,
and spoiled,
are all you held and all you felt.
All the tests and toils,
melt away to nothingness,
with all you were embroiled.


~MStJ