How Life Does Go
by Chanelle-Lize Marshall


Life is a crumbling trail.
Never falter, never fail.
Every footstep must be wise,
For you cannot apologize.
Backwards never, that is so,
For that is how our life does go.


Life is a jarring goad.
A flash decision at a fork in the road.
Each way could be good or bad,
Strong choice or passing fad.
Forward always, that is so,
For that is how our life does go.


Life is a pressing flood,
Every runner sharing blood.
You must help those fallen down,
Or you may, yourself, lonely, drown.
Abandon never, that is so,
For that is how our life does go.


Life is a decrepit stair,
Growing harder, never fair.
With every step the light grows dim,
Until you learn to trust in Him.
Upwards striving, that is so,
For that is how our life must go.