Find the Time

It is inside here

in one lifetime there is never enough time

for all the living alive

to fall in love with all of the love 

or to be loved very truly, for all of the time

this is our ocean, its surface is infinite

and the depths are deeper than numbers can count

so don't be sad about what was lost

or what you think you never found

just be glad over what you've made

from the things you got to have

from this time that your life allowed

inside of one lifetime

you can find just enough

someone's perfect amount

Author's Note

Reviews

[olla]

I had to read this several times.. so much truth here although we rarely see it at a glance.. as my life approaches it's downward path I think of many things I always thought I would do or see or become.. or what I might do next.. your words touched me deeply..

[Davidgeo]

I read a book a long time ago called "Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management For Mortals", it's based around the idea that the average human lives about 4000 weeks in their lifetime and what that really means in terms of being realistic about achieving personal happiness. It's reasonable to assume that blind ambition is no less of a trap than being hopelessly lazy. The book makes it important to understand that we cannot change the past or know the future so spending our time in the present with what and who we have close to us as much as possible is always the best option.

[olla]

wise words..

[Davidgeo]

I like to re read this poem because it does really mean a lot to me. I write a lot but most of it is bullshit... I don't know you, I don't have to know you... but we are good friends. We have been touched by the same thing.

[olla]

truth is worth revisiting..

[Chris Shaw]

One lifetime and some people can cram so much in it and achieve great things, while others can lose their way and achieve nothing. It is all down to us to make the most of the time we have. I don’t want to have regrets. I enjoyed this poem.

Chris

[Davidgeo]

Regrets may be unavoidable, but if you love yourself... forgiveness is always there. People don't love themselves enough. We forget, for whatever reason, NO ONE can love you like your own conciousness can. That's why when you can find someone genuinely close to you, it's important to keep them close. Even if they turn out to be your enemy. No one knows you like your enemy. It's a different kind of love.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I like this David. Here On Earth one life is all we get. Too many people waste it on what they don't have. Instead of all they do.

[Davidgeo]

I like to think that trying hard as an individual is important to keeping the species going but, if we extrapolate that into the larger picture, we might be burning what we have for a promise that was never meant to come true. Jesus and the sacrifice parable is greatly misunderstood I think, we aren't supposed to sacrifice for the sake of material progress or immediate personal gain, but rather to a more existential type of progress that lasts longer than a single generation. Empathy and understanding... learning from each other instead forcing our teachings on the other... these are the traits are that make the human species great... not the constant urge to acquire more, but the desire to make what is already precious to you better. We all try too hard. It is a decision we are born into... I fear for the future of western civiliation.

[June bug]

Love this, Like that last stanza a lot

[Davidgeo]

The last stanza is the best part.
Thanks.

[not your muse]

loved it.

"in one lifetime there is never enough time
for all the living alive
to fall in love with all of the love"

for love is like a tree
full of opalescent leaves
some falls apart
when you are mired to grieve
for the ones you get to know for
a while

"just be glad over what you've made
from the things you got to have
from this time that your life allowed"

[Davidgeo]

Never stop growing. Your love will atrophy.

[not your muse]

never will i let my love atrophy
it's limbs will continue expanding, exponentially
so even if some dares to flee, i can grab and
put them back again
no one is safe from my love
not even you

[Matthew Kult]

There isn't enough time in the day week month year to live. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes you just have to pause and say I have done this in my life.

Good read.

With love

Matthew

[Davidgeo]

Acceptance is the key, letting go of things is a big part of that. The grieving process, all that s**t... it's hard to find the time to do it properly sometimes. There's a lot of unhealthy versions of acceptance with the whole "what have I done with my time?" question. Humans are f*****g crazy man.

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