Pick A Pace

Gather about you
While you still can
Take all life's bounty
From out it's hand

Select from rare gems
Tokens of fate
Choose ever wisely
Err It's too late

Lift up for balance
True North's needle
Take hold of it's path
Frown path's idle

Steal away to dawn
Light unending
Pocket the yearning
Of hope's bending

Aware North's distance
The goal seasoned
Growth but the covered
Failure treason

Whether we're walking
Toward this end
Or we are running
Few things transcend

So if you choose slow
To be your pace
Or fast so you last
Life is the race