Carved in Stone

                        Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed of Life and its meaning

                        Life on earth is so fleeting, I dreamed mine had come and gone

                        I had no one to mourn my passing as I’d spent my life alone

                        Looking back in my dream, I guess I should have known

                        I had a too familiar story, no honors or no glory

                        But there it lay before me, all the things I had done wrong

                        Yes, there it lay before me and it was carved in stone

                        Monument etchings told the story, “He needed no one”

                        Waking from my dream, I was shaken and all alone

                        I had seen my epitaph carved there in the stone

                        It spoke of a life lived only for one

                        So as I looked back at all I had and had not done

                        I had lived my life so selfishly, I coveted and hoarded, 

                        Living for only me but now I know, so late I see….

                        Life on this earth, so short so very fleeting

                        Life and love must be shared, for life to have meaning

                        You have to have love, and for ones on sake

                        You have to give back, some of all you take

                        Yes there it lay before me and it was carved in stone

                        The monument told the story, he needed no one

                        Now he lays as he lived, he’s resting all alone

                        And below that it read, reaped all he had sown