Time's True Measure

Time is merely 
the width of our canvas,
we exist in its borders 
but it does not define us

We may only live 
just to see one red sunset,
or streak cross the skies 
for millennia like a comet

Our hearts are our palette
and our souls are the brush,
what we paint on our canvas 
can be little or much

How much we've loved,
how much we've given
within the frame of our life,
that's our portrait of living
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Kithinji Avatar
October 11, 2014 at 4:24 PM
and how much we have taken.. timeless poem.
Brown Avatar
October 11, 2014 at 7:49 PM
Thank you, Gerald. Appreciate the comment
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