Time

You know, just eating popcorn and pondering mortality.

Our minds are funny things

They cling to time,

Yet lust for what it brings

We long for the ticking to go faster

Impatient waiting for things to master

Finish one thing, on to the next

Never stopping to take a breath

We stare at the clock,

Anxiously waiting for the hands to drop

So intrigued by what tomorrow may say,

We forget today was the tomorrow of yesterday

As children we wish to grow

There are things to do, things to know

We run and jump and laugh and play,

All while wishing our youth away

“When I grow up,” we tell ourselves,

Wanting to put our youth on shelves

“Don't grow up too fast,” our parents warn

But these sentiments, we only scorn

But it doesn't stop when we're finally older

For now ambitions start to smolder

Instead of fun, we live for goals

Ambition is all that matters, or so we're told

So much time is spent in schools,

Yet in the end, we're all just fools

Our youthful years just pass us by

While our dreams are reaching past the sky

And even once we've reached our goals,

We still don't wish for time to slow

For once your foot is in the door,

The hall is filled with many more

We tell ourselves, “We're still so young!

We'll enjoy life once we're done.”

We pick and choose,

And choose and pick,

All the while the clock still ticks

Until one day, it finally slows

We dreamed our youth, and now we're old

And with so few years left on the line,

We stop worrying about the time

And we can't help but wonder as we slow,

Where did all of that time go?

Reviews

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mmmm.. you shoul eat popcorn more often Drew! :D
i do like your take on what happens to us in our mortal journey.

[Drew Given]

Haha, if only popcorn was a health food. Appreciate the review.