Lickety Split
Life is ebbing quickly, …just as the sun must fall.
If we listen close enough, our number will be called.
Can you hear a ticking clock, unwinding in the dark?
Keeping tempo like a train, that speeds upon a track?
Eyes may never look ahead, and heads will turn away.
There's no place to turn around, to visit yesterday.
Youth is gone in just a flash, so we must seize today!
Spend each moment, cherish it, .. as if a piece of gold.
Pretend each day is ours alone,…our very last to hold!
Love can be a legacy that we could leave behind.
Intentions are the stepping stones, that no one else will find.
Treasure life, and make it count, before it speeds away.
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4/11/18
Contest: "Lickety Split"
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2018
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