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For My Song Poetry Contest sponsored by Jerry T Curtis

Please Time

Time oh time, won’t you please
Speed up!  Bring summer - time to run and play!
Let me grow into a man - no time to delay! 
Slow down!  Make this moment forever last -
Don’t let me grow so old and grey this fast.

Time just keeps going at his usual pace,
Neither caring nor hearing a sound.
The moon and stars in their orbits’ trace,
And the world spins round and round.

Time oh time, won’t you please
Help me recapture the joy of youth?
Please, even the day I lost my first tooth.
Why must we be stuck in one place in time?
To change that, I’d give you my very last dime!

Time just keeps going at his usual pace,
Neither caring nor hearing a sound.
The moon and stars in their orbits’ trace,
And the world spins round and round.

Time oh time, won’t you please,
Tell me why it is you must take away
Our fam’ly and loved ones who are your prey,
Though I am very grateful, that’s for sure,
For new babies you bring, with hearts so pure.

Time just keeps going at his usual pace,
Neither caring nor hearing a sound.
The moon and stars in their orbits’ trace,
And the world spins round and round.

Time oh time, if you please,
I will follow the butterflies and bees
And the bugs and beetles that live in trees.
These fellows know nothing of your cruel ways,
Yet are joyful and happy on ‘most all days,

As time just keeps going at his usual pace,
Neither caring nor hearing a sound,
While the moon and stars in their orbits’ trace,
And the world spins round and round.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024


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Date: 7/6/2024 5:46:00 AM
Ain't that the truth! Congratulations David! This was such a sweet lyric! Xo
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David Crandall
Date: 7/6/2024 9:23:00 AM
"If time was a river, i'd gladly jump in"!
Date: 7/4/2024 9:53:00 AM
Dear David, your poignant, nostalgic poem captures the way we perceive and feel the nature of time. The whimsy, the loss, the yearning, the joys. Emotive, evocative imagery brings your verse to thought-provoking life upon the page. Congratulations for your win in Mark's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
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David Crandall
Date: 7/4/2024 10:59:00 AM
Thanks for the wonderful words to describe my poem, Susan.
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