Earl W. Shollenberger, The Structure Of Life</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=18.htm>Earl W. Shollenberger</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>The Structure Of Life</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Each life is like a dwelling<br>We erect and live within -<br>With each component telling<br>What we are, or what we've been.<br>Our precious tool, Intelligence,<br>Too often goes to waste.<br>We fall prey to our Indolence,<br>Or build in foolish Haste.<br>And some of us, quite madly,<br>Are consumed by Education;<br>We build citadels, then sadly<br>Live in dream-world Isolation.<br>I perceive the rich, full life<br>As neither hovel, nor a castle.<br>It's built of simple Joy and Strife,<br>By neither tyrant, nor a vassal.<br>Kindness is its Master Plan<br>To shun Selfish aspirations.<br>Its foundation is Respect for man<br>To endure for generations.<br>Its strength is in its solid Oak<br>Of Humility and Grace.<br>Vanity's gaudy, gold Baroque<br>Is not found within this place.<br>To support each beam and rafter,<br>Love permeates its walls<br>Its rooms are made of Laughter<br>To echo through its halls.<br>Its roof, the most demanding<br>Sheds Vicissitude of years.<br>Its build of Understanding<br>To weather Frailty and Tears.<br>It's maintained by Moderation<br>Without Gloom or Wild Emotion.<br>To allay Fear and Trepidation<br>For Old Age and Time's Erosion<br>Though it's kept in good Repair,<br>It's never prissy Neat.<br>There's a Loving pet's stray hair,<br>And the smudge of Children's feet.<br>Its Decor is hearty Humor<br>And constant Conversation,<br>But it ignores vicious Rumor<br>To protect its Reputation.<br>It's landscape is Hospitality<br>For Friends from everywhere;<br>Its trees bear fruit of Charity<br>For those less fortunate to Share.<br>NO! Full life is no Bare Residence!<br>It BURSTS with years of Decency;<br>Of Kindness, Love . . and Evidence<br>Of what Man should STRIVE to be!<br>(Unlike wanton FOOLs, like me)!</b></font> </blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>