Pearls of Wisdom

I know things change
Looking around and I feel
For now is not same as yore
How did we come to this?
Even the wisest cannot tell
For there are many things
That have not yet come to pass
I have seen morning glory
That passed like rain on the mountains
Like wind in the meadow
I witnessed those dark times
That talk to bitter watches of the night
Like the shadow of evil
Though never have I met
A morning pale spring
Still clinging to the winter’s chill
I have yet to see this
Adrift quickening breath
Still holding on to a slow death
Neither have I known
A man, immoral and turpitude
Still looking for a solace in bed
Nor have I witnessed
The cruelty and malice
Still working with a worthy soul
Life in this wilderness goes on
Much as it has this past age
Words of wisdom are scarce
Barely aware of thoughts restrained
What can be right and can’t be wrong?
Hard to tell, still I must say
I have walked this earth for many years
And now I have no time,
I have some things that I must see to.