Live your life and value each moment
As the bell chimes, reach for beautiful things
May the years be filled with joy and laughter
Wrapped in the magic that romance brings.

Keep to the pathway of kindness and truth
And build a dwelling-place fit for a king
Be proud of those feelings of ecstasy
As you write love songs for sopranos to sing.

Serve well your country right to the end
And spread love and hope ~ not gloom
Helping the elderly in their distress
Then on wings you'll ascend to the moon.

Joyce Hemsley

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-life-on-wings/