The Fact Is…

Today is the oldest

That this year will ever be,

In less than fourteen hours

It will have passed in to eternity.

Was there some task

That you had planned to do?

Something had purposed

Before this year was through?

Well, hurry up and do it

In just thirteen hours more,

In this count down to 2020

The hours are getting lower.

Hey! Here is little something

You need to think about,

A little morbid, I would say,

But of it there is no doubt.

Today is the oldest

That somebody will ever reach,

It could be you or me

Consider this, I beseech.

Often we ponder,

Who will go in the New Year?

But before the year 2020

Many will disappear.

Less than thirteen hours now

As we wind this year down,

Somebody that’s counting

In 2020 will not be around.

No, I am not prophesying,

It’s an everyday thing

And none of us can tell

What a new day will bring.

Here today and gone tomorrow

I have oft heard it said

But the stark reality is

That today any of us could be dead. 

  

Everyday somebody dies,

That is a proven fact

And never the day or the person

Can we bring either back.

So as the year winds down

Bear these pointers in mind,

Time is very short

Even though it’s longer than twine.

Half the day is almost gone

As we look to another year,

Lord, teach us to apply our hearts to wisdom

As the Year 2020 appear.

Stewart Russell © December 2019