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In the Blink of An Eye

Our lives are so short
Like a fly we’re caught
In a web unable to get free;
We hurry here and there
Seems there’s no time to spare
In this maelstrom of misery.

Like a half-remembered dream
Or summer mist on a stream
Our days too soon melt away.
We keep on rushing around
Feet hardly touching the ground
The rule of the clock we obey.

Too often can our days
Be cut short in many ways
That we’re left in utter despair.
So treasure each day as you can
For, so short is your life-span;
None can love you when you’re not there.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 8/7/2015 11:06:00 PM
The older I get, the faster time seems to fly. You captured that feeling in your poem, Paul. Good write! Love, Kim
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Paul Holmes
Date: 8/10/2015 10:18:00 AM
I too am familiar with that feeling. Pleased you liked the poem. Thanks.

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