Spending Time

Time is a currency, that you can only spend

It’s not for sale, to borrow, or to lend

We waste it freely, everyday

It seems so plentiful, but we will pay.

As all that time, gathers by our feet

Piling up, like sand dunes on a beach

Time is unbendable, but we never learn from our past

We waste it, and waste it, then try to make it last.

Before you know it, your time is almost gone

You try to slow it down, but it won't be long.

So spend that currency, but spend it with care

Because before you know it, the time pantry will be bare.

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Wow. Powerful and poignant. You nailed it.

[John the Baptist]

Actually, the only time is now.

[Kelly Scheppers]

How fleeting it is, though it drags its feet when we are young. How well I remember telling my age with fractions. I couldn't wait to be older and out of school, and out of the house and on my own. Well penned, Dan. Thanks for stirring the cob webs!

[D. Mansfield]

You ate quite welco.me, thanks for reading it.

[D. Mansfield]

My phone continues to gain "smarts" while I turn into a grammatical puddle before the world's eyes

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Such wise advice contained in this piece. Ben Franklin wrote in Poor Richard's Almanack that, "Time is money" but Franklin was wrong. Time is NOT money. Time is LIFE. And no human yet has bought more time for themselves through the currency of worldly lucre. When our time is up, it's up. Great write. I enjoyed.

[D. Mansfield]

Thank you so much for Commenting it's a strange phenomenon, time.

[redd Brick Keshner]

I love the idea of time being like sandy dunes. I have spent many a day wandering about the dunes in many a place. Makes me respect and ally more with Time than I ever had before. 🙏🏻🕊️

[D. Mansfield]

thank you so much for reading my poems, I apreciate your feedback

[redd Brick Keshner]

your welcome, D. and I appreciate and value yours as well🙏🏻🕊️

[MCS]

Time is a river, a vicious current of events, glimpsed once and already moved past us, and another follows and is gone. I guess the lesson is don’t waste it, don’t put things off because later or tomorrow are not guaranteed. Thank you for the reminder. Well penned dear poet.

[D. Mansfield]

i left off the last line of the poem, thank you for the review