Stairway To Heaven

Infancy is a slow start with no real pressure

The early years are the ones to treasure

The next phase is energetic and wild

Carefree n wondrous...that's a child

Responsibilities follow and time goes by quick

The adult phase flutters like a lighted wick

Old age slows down again with no pressure

The value of life has no measure

We keep running this rat race still

Only to realize life has come full circle

The stages of life are not a contest one can lose or win

But they gradually become your stairway to heaven.