Through The Years Swiftly

Seeker

Misspent time is a shame…..but forgivable

 

At youth’s sad ending dreams are not supreme

All fade away in the resplendent light

the young from birth possess and think beseemed

With fresh, jejune bravado and their bright

new pretty plumage there’s no time to think

of broken halos and life’s fleeting blink

 

But not all sweat and blood

 

Some, during their middle years in secret ways

will pardon sloth if they fail reaching port

as they laid idle in fair winds for days

For others, work is their benign consort

The ethic of their labor is a vow,

to earn their bread by sweat upon the brow

 

All fall down….with hoped for grace

 

Our gloaming years run forward with new haste

The years fly past like winds across the plains

We rush pell-mell like lemmings in a race

to meet the dragon in the land he reigns

The end of life is the last stepping stone

to the great mystery we must face alone

  • Author: George (My real name) (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 31st, 2017 10:07
  • Comment from author about the poem: A revisit to a subject that, as time goes by, becomes more worrisome. Please critique if you please.
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Augustus

    Nice rhyme and meter. For me I could hear lament for wasted time and could appreciate the hard work of this man and how life went fast. I wondered if his life would be emulated by the young he encounterd (the latter is not in the poem but is where my mind went.) thanks for this thought provoking piece.

    • Seeker

      Thank you kindly.

    • Ethan

      You right with a mature and commanding voice. I'm impressed.

      • Seeker

        Thank you very much Ethan for the kind words.

      • Ethan

        You right with a mature and commanding voice. I'm impressed.



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