The Week Gone By

Monday announces the birth of a new life 

With every touch and every smell tingling our senses

Full of hope and wonder and without strife

Excited about possibilities and no notion of pretenses

Tuesday is when some of the wonder turns to reason

As we make the toddler to kid progression   

Adapt we must with the changing season

For cuteness gives away soon to expectations

Wednesday finds us embodied as  a teenager

With rebellion in the air fueled by lots of beer

By the end of the day although we have a career

The million dollar questions is  'What in the world are we doing here ?' 

Thursday is adulthood with all its fuss

With  a family and kid and and a mortgage to add some spice 

And when we realize that half our life has passed us

It is time to play the Lotto and roll some dice  

Friday is when we want to break loose  

Wrapped with the sweet smell of retirement that is so near

It is time to twist to the tune of Footloose 

Or ride the speed boat without a fear.

Saturday commences the first breath of retirement

And  the first morning tea without an email

It feels great to be unshackled from time allotment

As we put on those boots, hit a trail and let the day unveil

With Sunday the end is near but not yet there  

And it is time to bid adieu with a sigh

This is an end we all share 

So do reflect on the week gone by