Time
Barry W Smith 1963 (Laon)
Time has no throttle
It plows the same through sun or snow
The longer we live, it seems faster
But never, was it slow
Our memories deceive us
Thinking we had more time back then
But the pages of our life turn constant
Not scattered in the wind
We ran a faster race
When youth was on our side
But that stopwatch is the same
As the one that stops when old, we die
Of all our trials
Time turned out to be a friend
For without its constant tic
Life's travels would not of began
About this poem
All I will say is, make the most of your time and slow your life down, so that when you get older your memories will be sweet.
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