Precious, Ugly Time
Precious, Ugly, Time
It’s free to give, though comes at a cost
Assured without it, all would be lost
Has no legs, but can stand still,
try to avoid it, you never will
We hope to acquire a great deal despite it
never being enough
When forced to give, proves mentally tough
You get to choose who, what or where, use it wisely, without despair
constantly going, it will never stop,
Waits for no one, but let’s you opt
Is it on your side or merely against you?
Solely depends on your point of view
It can be measured, known to fly,
It’s of the essence, relentlessly passing by
Difference in arriving early or late,
first or last in a competitive state
Memories resurfaced by a simple chat,
reminiscing “do you remember that…”?
Stamps all significant moments in life,
victories, joys, sadness or strife
There’s no way to turn it back,
Google can’t help nor even a hack
Doesn’t talk, but it will tell,
If you carried out your decisions well
If it could speak to you,
I’m sure it would advise all too
Make every second count,
leaving no stone left unturned,
when you run out
About this poem
Leading up to when I wrote this poem, every time I heard the word "Time" it was like a dear caught in headlights, hard to explain. One morning I was woken up way too early, not by choice and I was so annoyed at the time. I couldn't fall back asleep and the longer I laid there annoyed, the more I thought about Time and all its elements. I was then inspired to write about it.
Written on November 06, 2022
Submitted by tammyarcher on November 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XX AA XBB XXX CC DD EE FF GG HH II CC XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,129 |
Words | 236 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
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