Dust if you must , but would it not be better
To paint a picture or write a letter
Bake a cake or plant a seed
Pounder the difference between want and need
Dust if you must , but there is not much time
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb
Music to here and books to read
Friends to cherish and life to lead
Dust if you must ,but the world is out there
With the sun in your eyes , 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 is not kind
And when you go -and go you must
You yourself will make more dust
a great poem to live by
