Smelling the Flowers

(8/17/12) Always looking at the clock, wondering about the hour Never stopping to smell the flowers. There was a time that life was at a slower pace Now it seems we’re always in a race. The one thing that I know is that we don’t Spend enough time to watch our children grow. I saw my marriage failing because I was Too busy running around ,as she looked at me Without making a sound. You can keep quite to a certain point in life then she explodes , and it’s not very nice. The closeness that you knew seems to be Fading away -and with you she doesn’t want to stay That is when you realize that your fires have to be rekindled No ashes will you see - for this love will not be a faded love In the books of history. We then reaffirmed it in our minds That this love would last for a very long time And when our bodies became entwined It was like sharing a bottle of wine. We savored the juices as they flowed For we had become connoisseurs this much we know. I started to smell the flowers as I did In my younger years, as for losing my wife I no longer have that fear. SLOW DOWN AND SMELL THE FLOWERS !