Do not forget to live,
while you're busy
building your life
brick by brick
stone by stone.
Do not forget the sun
is there each day,
the moon and stars each night.
They do not care about
what you're making.
They beckon you:
come sit, come sing,
come wander.
Do not forget the gifts
and the invisible hands
that give them.
Do not be afraid to ask,
do not be afraid to say
thank you, and:
Do not forget to rest,
stop, get off the moving ride,
go back, go inside,
and be in the still
deep shadows
of your own brilliant
ponderings.