(No AI, ChatGPT, machine learning (ML), etc., was used in the composition of this poem.)
Time, the great equalizer, yet mastered by none; Deadline’s enemy, said to fly when linked with fun. An endless river flowing toward the future; Excites planners anticipating adventure. If time was the medium to settle the score, Would it make people pause and reflect a bit more; And gauge success by serving a higher purpose; Not by the rat-race, keep-up, cash-chasing circus? Asset? Liability? Depends on one’s use; To daydreamers, it can be a life-wasting muse. Valuable to those who save early in life; But wait too long, and it engenders later strife. A claimed healer of wounds, helping many forget; Prior mistakes, harms, other sources of regret. Time moves steadily forward, present becomes past; Outpacing people, places, things that do not last.
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