Living On Borrowed Time
Living on Tulsa Time
Oops Borrowed Time
Written: by Tom Wright
4/25/2018
As my body infrastructure has begun to crumble,
Time has slowed my steps and I’ve began to stumble.
Body parts have become worn and some were replaced,
And I must rely on memory when my past is retraced.
I’ve lived an active life and for that I now am paying,
Practically everything hurts which is quite dismaying.
It seems most of my body parts are in need of mending,
But, as a fighter I won’t quit, I’ll continue until my ending.
I’ve lived a blessed life, and deem myself, being endowed,
My invested life years are more than God ever vowed.*
* Psalm 90:10 K.J.V.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2019
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