Drums Along The Way

As we travel through this life, the drums along the way
Tell us of our hopes, and mark our life's events each day,
Trembling, like a mother's heart when her child's life began,
Pounding, with an anxious thud, when he becomes a man.

When a lover meets his girl, and two hearts beat as one,
Drums of joy beat out their song and shine with love's bright sun,
Courtship needs its rhythms, so that wedding bells will chime,
All these things created, in their place and in their time.

Old age brings a slower pace, to dance a slower tune,
Winter love is softer than the sturdy pulse of June,
Failing eyes and failing hearts are tender, and are true,
Years have brought these changing rhythms that I've shared with you.