Time

Time has flown through the years

Times of laughter, times of tears

Some are good and some are bad

Sometimes happy, sometimes sad

We wonder what we have done today

To leave our mark in some small way

It is not measured how big or small

It's what makes us  feel proud and stand tall

It's behind that kind smile

Saying, I will stay and talk awhile

It's the soft touch of the hand

Saying beside you I will stand

It's in the hug or kiss you get today

Telling them you care in some small way

I'll leave a mark neither big or small

But a memory some may recall

Of someone with a touch or a smile

Saying that I had been here a while.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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March 28, 2013 at 7:48 PM
Dear Phyllis, I truely LOVE the Rhyming in this POETIC Portrait of "Time" YOUR "Mark" will be around for Many,Many Years with this Superb Verse. Awesome Write.YOUR POETRY is Mesmerizing, but my 24-7 Nurse is saying I have to take my Medicine and do therapy before I go to bed. It has been a Joyful Pleasure reading YOU today.I LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Eternal Liege...Harry
Dietrich Avatar
May 5, 2011 at 9:26 PM
well, i just clicked on nearly every poem on this page. I need to remember not to return to the next to last page. I think I have seen them all. haha. Anyway, this was that one with the great message I had liked from before. Well, time almost to go watch our American Idol recordings for the week, me and my daughter. I am happy. my weekend is here! Luv, Andrea
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December 6, 2010 at 10:47 PM
Another really great message poem. Phyllis. Well, I think I may be jsut about caught up Gosh, just to lose two days here, you fall SO far behind!! LUv,Andrea
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