Time is funny
I am like any other.
Difficult picking me out of a crowd.
My voice does not ripple water
Am no less proud.
I stand on my own
I know who I am.
Have spent a lifetime honing me.
I now am called sir
Asked if I need any help.
Now glasses focus the blur.
Some say time moves faster.
The longer we are here.
Am always catching up.
I do not fear the time that's left.
Nor what's been wasted.
Or how full is my cup.
Too many Jokes, not enough time.
Watching times relentless attack.
Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry.
At a hearse with a luggage rack.
By Ronald Woods
About this poem
The older I get I find myself going to more and more funerals instead of weddings. I did a little writing about how I felt.
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Written on August 29, 2021
Submitted by CaptWood on August 29, 2021
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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