The Dawn Riders by Simon J. Halliday
Did you wake to sounds of birds
Or was it grinding, steel machines?
The world provides a million ways
To take our hopes and steal our dreams
Yet through the complex thoughts which spin
The light is there for all to find
A single life is nothing much
Unless it’s connected to mankind
The point is not to say hello
Or copy and paste a few old words
The need is far much greater now
To look beyond, to learn and grow
For every whim and passing fad
Will be replaced and leave you cold
Today a phone or perhaps a horse
Tomorrow will seem a little old
Although the passing time is real
You’re not a prisoner to this game
The money goes and so do friends
But new things come, so have no blame
No good comes from looking back
Without the hope of another dawn
In years of searching time’s rich web
I finally see the future born
It’s just beginning for us all
And this, more true for older minds
For death is just a new beginning
When no-one cares, the searcher finds
If all this seems a little odd
And lost you somewhere in the midst
I can’t make an apology
There’s too much waiting on my list
You see the time is pressing on
I’m just like you, I have to go
And writing isn’t everything
It just helps keep me in the flow
So think on words and think on thoughts
Remembering that they’re not your own
The Riders of the dawn were here
Long before our lives had grown
(c) Simon J. Halliday 2013
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