Time Won’t Hold You

Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)

July 23

Game’s always changing
You don’t always win
Pick up the pieces
And begin it again

You can look back
When you’re on the right track
At how far you’ve gone
And when you’ve had enough and the moment is up
You will overcome

‘Cause time will not ever hold you
And plenty of your plans will come true
When it all kicks in - it’s the best that your life has been
You learn what you needed to know -
That you came here to grow

Put through the paces
You always get through
Your smile and your laughter
Are a heaven preview

Now that you’ve found
You can get off the ground
Life’s at full song
And if you take off - you’ll end up landing soft
Right where you belong

‘Cause time will not ever hold you
And there aren’t any demands you’re owed to
When love filters in - we’re left with no indecision
And this is what we’re meant to know
This much we all need to know
Til the day we’re called home

About this poem

Just wanted to say with this that, “you are enough,” and that staying positive is a good strategy.

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Scheme	xaxx bbxxx Ccadd xcxc eefxf Ccxddx
Closest metre	Iambic tetrameter
Characters	920
Words	183
Stanzas	6
Stanza Lengths	4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6

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Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys using words and poetry as an outlet for expressing his thoughts and feelings. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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acronimous
Beautiful and very encouraging poem, Jeffrey! Actually I needed something like that to start the weekend — so thank you, as this just came on time…
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- JokerGem
  l'm so happy to hear that! And glad this hit home for you! There’s always room for an uplifting poem ( I feel).
  LikeReply 28 months ago
Vixility
As usual, my friend, digging your work. Very inspiring: life is tough, and our choices aren't always the best, but we can change and more on from our past mistakes (Time cannot hold us). Such a wonderful and encouraging poem ... I personally need to follow its sound message. more »
LikeReply8 months ago
- JokerGem
  'Vix,' l'm happy you said so because l was particularly proud of this one and the message therein. I hope it reached some of the contestants too.
  LikeReply 18 months ago

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