Time
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"All we have to decide is what to do with
the time that is given us" ~ JRR Tolkien ~
We are defined by how we use our time -
it can't be owned, it only can be spent.
So thus is our eternal paradigm:
we cannot borrow what cannot be lent.
Like clockwork, hearts keep ticking towards the past;
we are defined by wars our hearts have fought.
We can't predict when they will beat their last -
though souls are infinite, our lives are not.
One little step begins each summit's climb;
each moment, like a cloud, will surely drift.
We are defined by how our minutes rhyme -
let us embrace the present as a gift.
Though growth be slow, be not afraid of growing;
much steeper is the cost of standing still.
Don't watch the clock; do what it does... keep going.
We are defined by heartbeats that we fill.
Words used for the 'Time' contest:
time, moment, clock, ticking, past, present, eternal, infinite
Copyright © John Watt | Year Posted 2020
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