Dust

I'm not sure who wrote this. 

It wasn't me.

But I really like it.

Enjoy!

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better

to paint a picture or write a letter

bake a cake or plant a seed

ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time

with rivers to swim and mountains to climb

music to hear and books to read

friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there

with the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair

a flutter of snow, a shower of rain

this day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind

old age will come and it's not kind

and when you go - and go you must -

you, yourself, will make more dust.

Make the day matter.