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Tempus Fugit



Divine love, eternity, the galaxy so vast:

One focuses on that which forevermore lasts.


Answers forthcoming. Questions unasked.

Help us surrender to our Savior, an iconoclast,

Live for today, forget tribulations past.


People ponder good and evil’s contrasts

While earth lies blanketed under snowy blast.


Each ordinary day passes uneventful, fast,

Nobody sees what good deeds one bypassed,

Or which boundaries were foolishly trespassed.


A true believer remains loyal, steadfast.

Regardless which season or day of the week

One thing is for sure, rest one must sneak.


Seize each minute, each hour, each day!

Life goes on, not always forlorn or bleak,


One need not let time slip slowly away.

One’s will should be strong not weak!



The future arrives. One cannot take a peek!

The high ground one ought to seek!





























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Reflection on 'time'

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Written on November 11, 2021

Submitted by Adventure22## on November 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A B A A A B A A A A A C C D C D C C C
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 910
Words 206
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Melita Catalina Warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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