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I Regret

As my life's days are getting shorter with age

And darkness seems slowly to weave the night 

I regret the light so thoughtlessly wasted 

When  youth's sun had shined, endlessly, so bright!









(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
     19 November 2016

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Archontoula Alexandropoulou Date: 12/5/2016 1:50:00 AM Light can be deceiving, right? You think it will always be there. So easy to waste! Great write. Have a nice day, Demetrios. Login to Reply

Carol B. Date: 11/20/2016 11:31:00 PM I can't believe how fast the weeks fly by. I remember being in my teens being so anxious to get older. Crazy! I just want the days to slow down now. Great write! Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 11/19/2016 5:57:00 PM So me :-) Hugs Eve Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 11/19/2016 12:39:00 PM - I is not flawless and bad decisions are taken - it's better to regret something you have done ... than to regret something you have not done - Life goes so fast, do the best you can :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply

Probir Gupta Date: 11/19/2016 11:41:00 AM This is what most of us feel ... but cannot express in so poetic a zeal ... Login to Reply

Richard Lamoureux Date: 11/19/2016 9:02:00 AM When we are young it does feel like we have forever. Login to Reply Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 11/19/2016 10:08:00 AM That is the idea my friend, Richard! Thank you for visiting!