Time

Trista Houle 1983 (Chester)



We cannot seem to live without it.
There seems to be plenty of it.
Always running out of it.
Never enough of it.

Time is something all of us, as humans depend on,
Weather it is putting something of until later;
Or rushing to get something done,
Or coming to the end.

Time helps when we compete,
Time helps when we finished a task;
Time helps when we are on a schedule,
Time helps when we need to know the hour.

We always put things off until next time,
Constantly believing there is plenty of time;
Never truly knowing when we will run out of it,
Once time runs out, all we can do is say.... "Good-Bye".
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Written on April 13, 2024

Submitted by thoule66 on April 13, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA XBXX XXXB CCAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 606
Words 135
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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