Life Is In The Details

  

As life begins to age before your eyes

Every second becomes a New York minute

And with every blink a dog year passes by.

 

Before you know it the giggle of the kids

Turns into sighs of growing pains

And you don’t even recognize

The laugh lines on their faces

Or what makes tears pour out.

 

Good friends and favorite music

Become a foreign subject

As you become engrossed

In adult responsibilities.

 

The spouse is just another face

You pass on the busy street

With a simple greeting

As your rushing to the grind.

 

Soon you can’t recall

The last time you just sat and talked

About the little things in life

And achieving hopes and dreams.

 

When did you last explored

Each other’s anatomy

While intimate breaths

Merged together getting lost in space.

 

Trying so hard to give the family

Everything their heart’s desire

When in the end love is biggest priority.

 

Remember the smell of a rose

Or the feel of the grass tickling your feet?

Mother nature at its finest.

 

Can you recall the words to your favorite song?

Shouting it at the top of your lungs

As your imagination sings backup.

 

Have you ever read an epitaph

That said, “I wish I could have worked more”?

 

Sometimes it’s easy to forget

Life is in the details

Death is in black and white.

 

 

Reviews

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How incredibly timely this is for me. I was out of town this weekend and found many tears flowing down my cheeks. I was at a wedding ... a wonderful wedding of two who have been together since they were each about 13. This was one of those weddings that one knows should take place. They are each about 25 today. Trouble is I really do not know what my tears were for. My dear sweet husband said with nothing but love: "You are sappy." I knew that the tears related to the present joy, the sadness of life gone, the goodness of life lived and the yearning for things not experienced. But mainly I knew that the tears flowed for those Lifetime Marker Events. I knew that I wished to write a poem but was quite lost as it is not my typical write. Your wonderful work has given me some direction. Thank you.

[Bette]

so true cowboy!

[Poetic Beauty]

I truly love this poem. I can't remember if I have reviewed it before but it really is food for thought. We should want to be productive but not to the point we never see our kids or talk to them and our loves in our life should always know just how special they are. Just my thoughts and this poem makes you open your eyes and take a deep look at that.

[Norma M Sutton]

I like this and the simple reminder it carries.

[Coyote Poetry]

Many things we leave behind. We need to remember. Can't allow the negative to overcome the good we had in a good life. So many examples of wonderful things we do in a life and need to remember. A outstanding poem.
Coyote

[The Analog Kid]

Very poignant. This is so true. I try not to live this way, but it is so hard, right. Thanks for the reminder!

[Ice QueenJen]

wow Dale- this is so true to life. And how fitting to have on your grave stone something that all people wish they could do less of. Love this writing!

[Calypso]

Very true, very beautiful.

[Comatose]

Wow...this piece is really amazing. It has made me slow down a bit and appreciate what I have right now...thanks. ^^

[Belator Books]

Nicely done, sir... if extra points could be awarded for being succinct, you'd receive a bountiful basketful. So many poems have been penned on 'just step back and take a minute', yet this on stands out as plaintive and sage but with a fresh thread of longing to attach it back to a more human soul.

[Joanna Maharis]

A beautiful narrative that sums life up perfectly.