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Poetic Words Given To Today's Youth

Poetic Words Given To Today's Youth If each bite of this world is so bitter tasted Youthful years have flow on by, most of them wasted And your deepest dreams that fruited, are now dying You will find, to little avails your sad crying. If breaking heartache has become your bosom friend Life drags on, its merciless curses never end And in dead of dark nights, dread eats into your soul Look back at your trashed hours and your lone empty bowl. If you beg for more years to waste as a blind fool Each day, you prove you are a worthless sorry tool And you know you have hurt many in your heyday You will have only one course, bow your head and pray. These words they may appear too hard and maybe trite. Yet the blind may only see if they regain sight. Robert J. Lindley, 12-21-2018 Sonnet

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Alycia Wheatley

Date: 12/22/2018 10:38:00 AM

Very nice. Don't waste the time you have, it will be gone someday. :)

Lawrence Sharp

Date: 12/21/2018 9:38:00 PM

Sage words, my friend. A very fine sonnet to wake up to.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 12/21/2018 2:50:00 PM

It's almost eerie how there are people who insist on staying blind when life could be so much more wonderful an experience. A very well penned sonnet.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 12/21/2018 2:00:00 PM

How sad to think someone who has squandered their life might not be worthy of "more years," Robert. A skillfully penned sonnet with a final couplet that brings home the message! Well done, my friend. Hope you have happy holidays this year! Hugs, Carolyn

Wren Rushing

Date: 12/21/2018 10:21:00 AM

Time is the most valuable commodity we have. We must not waste it. Lovely sonnet filled with wisdom. Merry Christmas my dear friend.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/21/2018 10:14:00 AM

When we were younger we think we have all the time in the world, but then the years fly by and every day becomes more precious . You have to make the most of every day and have no regrets. Tom.