Vision Statement

When his eyes were young
and his vision clear
he looked towards his bright future
and it waved to him
from a pinnacle of success,
then from a mountain,
then from a distant hill,
then from a bump in the road,
and finally, as the years passed,
and his eyes grew dim,
from a lump in the green grass
of his own front lawn.
 
Those who measure things a certain way
might suggest he settled for less
than he should have
but who’s to say?
Not all dreams can come true,
not every desired thing comes to pass,
but his life was not without love
and it did involve happiness.