For My Buddy Ray!

Time is running
and so are we,
all of our life,
till we are free.

Free of burdens,
free from care.
Think of it!
Or do you dare?

What is freedom
without running?
I ask you this so very cunning:
sitting still and just existing?

"So, get the lead out!
You' re not an old man!"
Try to do it,
if you can!

Then life begins,
with all the worries,
your wife and kids
with all their stories,

keep on running
to keep fit,
and earn your freedom,
bit by bit!


All written by Hartmut Reinsch
(German-Canadian Goldsmith and Homeland Poet)
1985 Toronto Canada