Joker

Not all is frozen on the ground,
The cold has never bothered before.
Not this day when all I cared is done!
Little distances do always add,
And this day am on this island alone.
The ground before is not mine,
There but is no turning back.
Behind me lies a frozen grave,
Ahead of me lies my future epitaph.
None is to blame, for I have seen not pain,
Nothing to love, for that I love is gone.
Little distances do always add,
My sins will by me be borne.
A little space be always be given,
But that which is gone will never be back.
What sorrows I could not take,
What pain I have left to forbear.
Be sure that nothing changes here,
And yes life teaches all to live.
Smiles are never readily taught,
Jokers are of necessity borne.