Shattered Dreams

I set out seeking fortune and fame
Felt I needed to play a different game.
I laid aside honesty, virtue and love
Years of this living, I had plenty of.

I walked on people I once held so dear
Couldn't climb success' ladder with them near.
My lifestyle had changed, and so did my name
Couldn't be a dead beat, and play in this game.

Life was such a blast, and money poured in
I drank from life's cup, filled to the brim.
"Now this is living, I often would say"
I was happy, for life was going my way.

I played this scene for years with great zest,
Surrounding myself with only life's best.
I had long forgotten the Christian life,
Long had forsaken my mother's advice.

I'd grabbed the gold ring; I'd won the big prize
But life was fleeing right before my eyes.
I couldn't slow down the passage of time,
Nor completely drown mother's words in my mind.

Her voice became louder as I older grew,
And my hundreds of friends, were now just a few.
The lifestyle I'd lived, with such gusto and pep
Repulsed me, as I looked back with regret.

I had gotten my wish for fortune and fame,
But lost all fear and respect for God's name.
And now as I've come to the end of my days
I am so alone and I fear the dark waves.

Again Mother's voice rings out loud and clear
First John, One and Nine, is all I can hear.
And pondering the life that used to be,
I can hear her say, Romans six, twenty-three.

And now as I lay here, waiting to go home
Thank God he never truly left me alone.
He would call to me through my mother's voice
For me to make him, once again my choice.

I must soon depart, but before I go
There is something that I want you to know.
For fortune and fame, please don't sell your soul
But eternity with Christ, let that be your goal.