Live Life Today

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I can’t put my finger on what lies in store
But I feel what will happen has all happened before

Though it might seem foolish as we run and we run
Yet I know that this story has only just begun

You can’t get away from it chained to the earth
Turn your eyes to heaven so you’ll find your new birth

Life is a cycle but someday it will end
Start looking forward so you’ll find yourself a friend

That’s what Jesus calls you if you hold fast to his teaching
Now go on and get started; life’s too short just for preaching

There is nothing that is new under the sun
Everything is new under the Son
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Written on May 31, 2014

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE BB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 606
Words 124
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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