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Time, a simple yet complicated word

September 13, 2014
By Anonymous

                                           Light like the lies we say

                       Often forgotten and neglected like words on an old book

                      Yet important as the letters an imprisoned prisoner gets

                                                   From his family

                                     

                                         The thing that people beg for

                                   When death appears at their doorstep

                                    and wished they made better use of

                                while they are alive and walking on steps

 

                                                  When life ends

                                                Time still goes on

                                                  It lasts forever

                                                  But not for me

 

                                      When it is abundant, it is hated

                                   When it is not enough, it is wanted

                                              Strange yet sound

                       Time is unique and peculiar in its own way and day.

 

                                                  Time is air

                   Swoosh, whoosh. It whistles past and go like the wind

                                        Before I realize it in reality

                          Gone forever like a coin that sinks in the sea

 

                                          As I was in the fields

                                             in the early dawn

                                          counting the hours left.

                                               As light comes

                                               I thought it out

 

                         Finding the missing coin and using it wisely,

                           To make the dark clouds go away slowly

                                                 Eventually

 

                                Why? I asked myself everytime

                                     That although I know this

                           Yet I never can quite get enough of time

 

                                      Once gone, forever gone

                                             With time gone,

                                              Regret comes

                                 And stays forever, never gone


The author's comments:

I hope that everyone will come to realize the importance of time with this poem and start to focus more on spending their time wisely, insteading of spending their life off meaninglessly. Start living your life well!!!


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