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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. ____________________________________________________________ 4/11/18 Contest: "Lickety Split" Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi

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Date: 4/25/2018 2:35:00 AM
Unique and original piece which really appeals. Well written. Best regards David in NZ
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Date: 4/19/2018 10:55:00 PM
Back today congratulations on your win!
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Date: 4/19/2018 10:25:00 PM
Fantastic poem, Carrie, congratulations on your win.. Hugs Eve ~`*
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Date: 4/19/2018 9:24:00 PM
Back with most deserved congrats, Carrie. Indeed "youth is gone in just a flash"-
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Date: 4/19/2018 7:13:00 PM
Very beautiful and so meaningful, Carrie. Congratulations on your fine placement in the contest. Hugs, Sandra
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Date: 4/19/2018 7:03:00 PM
Polished to perfection Carry! Thanks so much for your entry! Congrad's Light & Love
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Date: 4/12/2018 8:19:00 PM
Best of luck in the contest. This is perfect. Matches the theme and rhythm is excellent. Definitely a winner in my book!
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Date: 4/12/2018 10:54:00 AM
This is so true Carrie. When we are young we can't even imagine ourselves as old, but time flies and we turn into our mothers. This poem embraces great advice for those wise enough to listen. This should do really well in the contest! I always enjoy reading your lovely poetry. xxoo
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Date: 4/11/2018 6:11:00 PM
Carrie, you must have been reading my mind. This is just the way life is becoming. They say each year seems to go faster because it is a smaller portion of a life. As a youth, a year seems endless. At age 80, it is just one eightieth of the lifetime. Brilliant poetry always from you, Carrie. I'm sure you will place high in the contest. So glad to see your work again!
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Date: 4/11/2018 3:26:00 PM
What a most appropriate theme for this contest, Carrie. Beautiful!
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Date: 4/11/2018 2:58:00 PM
Life is fleeting and if that is your guide, it will be honored and cherished, we are here only once and no one knows how long...good luck in the contest
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Date: 4/11/2018 2:39:00 PM
great advice blended seamlessly into the contest's theme. best of luck, carrie!
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Date: 4/11/2018 2:20:00 PM
such wise words indeed Carrie, life flies by so quickly and we need to live for today because we never know when it will be our last, good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 4/11/2018 2:20:00 PM
A very positive poem...no times to waste...All the best Carrie...
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