Dust If You Must

Dust if you must

But wouldn't it be better

To paint a picture

Or write a letter

Bake a cake or plant a seed

Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must

But there's not much time

With rivers to swim

And mountains to climb

Music to hear and books to read

Friends to cherish and life to lead

Dust if you must

But the world's out there

With the sun in your eyes

And the wind in your hair

A flutter of snow a shower of rain

This day will not come around again

Dust if you must

But bear in mind

Old age will come and it's not kind

And when you go (and go you must)

You yourself will make more dust