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Living On Borrowed Time Poems - Poems about Living On Borrowed Time

Premium Member Time Is Not The Enemy
...Time has no wings But it flies faster than bald eagles and fast jets Time has no rings But it is engaged or bound to ‘no safety nets’ And married with death. We are all migrants in ......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, angel, confusion, death, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Time 2
...3/4/25 "Time 2" Don't be full of it with such a selfish side It'll be one hell of a ride I can't tell you where heaven lies Too many fell in line Never got much needed help then died Soon afte......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme



The Truth Shall Set You Free
...We're living on borrowed time. Now I have nothing left. If you could salvage my soul, would you sacrifice this life to not die alone? I can see through all the lies You attempt to commit a wick......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, angel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He Was a Friend of Mine
... He was a friend of mine Was living on borrowed time He had nothing left to give alas Had nothing left to do but pass And he was a friend of mine He never had use for a wife Craved for ......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, death of a friend,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The One That Got Away
...Looking back, I tell myself that you’re the one that got away, it’s not like you were a victim and I kidnapped you, not in a criminal kind of way But as I recollect, I’m glad that you left, because ......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, cry, dark,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Unmerited Favor
...My name is Miriam, the prophetess I have spent my whole lifetime in slavery Moses my brother was saved from the river and grew up in the palace of Pharaoh the king. But now I see that God was p......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, bible, god,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Dear Milt
... The sun is shining, the sky bright cerulean sea And I am writing a letter…a letter to my future me. The pandemic is over, so it’s time to pack up for a trip Hey, Milt, no time to be givin......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, me,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Suicide Is Never the Answer
... When you take your life and die It is everyone you love who has to ask why Your story is over But they'll keep seeking closure Here today but gone tomorrow It's truly tragic and life's g......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, encouraging, hope, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Borrowed Time
...Our love is living on borrowed time In fact, we are all living on borrowed time Time gets shorter Time's a transporter Childhood to adulthood your life and mine......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, life,
Form: Limerick
Too Sudden
...Too sudden....." Born today ,gone tomorrow! Its life's everyday hym, For time is never ours to keep, Yet we hope for the sun to shine tomorrow, As we shut our eyes,we die in faith, Life moves......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, absence, dark, death, fate,
Form: Ballad
Our Final Conversation
...I arrived at my dad's flat to be greeted by my auntie who was in a state of shock she had found my dad sitting on his bed staring into space she had tried to engage my dad in conversation but h......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, appreciation, cancer, dad, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Adrift
...adrift living on borrowed time in god's land posted on September 2, 2019......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, beautiful, god, time,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member His Smile
...He wore a smile like It was the only thing he owned No one would ever guess He was living on borrowed time As if knowing it was what fueled him Giving him the impetus to carry on Sharing musi......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, appreciation, blessing, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Living On Borrowed Time
... Living on Tulsa Time Oops Borrowed Time Written: by Tom Wright 4/25/2018 As my body infrastructure has begun to crumble, Time has slowed my steps and I’ve began to stumble. Body ......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, god, time,
Form: Couplet
Borrowed Time
...Times ticking, no-ones watching We are living on borrowed time Places to go, people to see Yet never seem to have time. Plenty to do, what awful crime Can't seem to balance time Times ticking......

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Categories: living on borrowed time, angel, appreciation, creation, death,
Form: Free verse

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