Short Living On Borrowed Time Poems

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Premium Member Forsaken

homeless hopelessly lost and adrift
not belonging and living on borrowed time
a stray in god's land



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other


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
Form: Limerick

living on borrowed time

I am living on
Borrow time
Everything I ever wanted
God already gave to me
More health
I already asked in my prayer
For God to give me
More health
God also had given me
Lots of peace in my life
Also God had given me the
Gift of health
Also God put the Winter to sleep
And brought me the spring
I am very happy about that
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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, no-ones watching
Heaven awaiting, angels humming
The gate keeper is coming.

Must learn to cherish time
Got to be humble and kind
Can't waste any more time
Be grateful for every moment in time.

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 music was his dream
And kindling friendships his joy
He gave the best ever he could
Till the very day he died
A model of inspiration to us
And shining tribute to life itself



AP: Honorable Mention 2020


Premium Member Wake up and hear the silence

How long do you think
you can ride the coattails
of blissful ignorance?

Isn't it flagrantly obvious that
you are skating on thin ice...
and equally evident that
you're living on borrowed time?

How long do you think
you can get away with avoiding
the elephant in the room?

Have I been the unjaded enabler
whilst my silence should have screamed
to you louder than any multitude of decibels?



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

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