Pondering Time
I was just thinking
About one of the things Prison taught me.
Prison taught me how to understand
TIME.
Time is no more than a measure of distance
You start at point A
And you measure to point B
Whether you are measuring a minute or a lifetime
Even though day’s drag and days fly
The distance remains the same
Oddly enough when you go to Prison
Everything stops
But time
TICK---TICK---TICK
When you go in things are as they are
And in your mind they stay that way
As – the - years - pass - by
TICK---TICK---TICK
Outside
Everything still changes with the hands of time
But inside time has been frozen inside your mind
And when you’re released you start to understand
Time stops for no one
For the entire world has changed
If we break time down even further
Every one born has only so much time until they die
And no one knows exactly how much time that will be
One day your time will stop
And that day could be today
Make the most of your time
Embrace what time you have left
Don’t squander it away over petty things that don’t matter
Use it wisely cherishing the things that do
Don’t be a fool who thinks he has a lifetime
Be a wise man who knows he has only a minute
If even that
Because one day your time will
TICK---TIC
And all those left behind
Have nothing left of you
But the memories of how you spent your TIME!!
Copyright © Michael Jordan | Year Posted 2008
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