Time Has Gone

“Time Has Gone”

(Tom Entrican, 01/16/2023)

As children we fly, climb mountains and trees

With no care looking only for fun

Chasing the sun as we did what we please

For with age we forget how to run

Never a pain when our eyes were so bright

When we could not see anything wrong

Till weary eyes tear at the truth in the night

And we see that our time has gone

If only we knew when our hearts were so gay

Of the serpents that waited off shore

The autumn of life when strength goes away

All those days were just keeping score

Remiss not to notice the pitfalls ahead

With innocent minds we tagged along

Our lives unravel as we pull the thread

Of the clock when our time has gone

The hopes of a child grow dim with age

As new hopes envelope our soul

For children will learn at the turn of a page

There is more to this end than a hole

Are we wise enough to open our hearts

Like a child to its parent is drawn

To know where we go as this world we depart

For in this day our time here has gone