We can’t go back in time to do all those things we meant to do, but we can move forward from this moment with a new perspective. Time lost can never be regained…..

   

Who can stop the march of time?

Turn back the clock

Do things over, differently

Than before, knowing all

We know now, would we take

A different approach

Be better pupils of life’s lessons

Worry less and love more

Keep our promises, even the “small” ones

Laugh out loud at our own foolishness

(We always took ourselves too seriously

Believing we had all the answers)

Greet each day with gratitude

Find beauty in things often overlooked

How easily we forgot

Caught up in the race to success

All the while the hands moved forward

In steady progression

Time we can never regain

 

 

©2011 – Andrea J. Shannon

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  • Adrn0919 on Nov 3, 2011

    It is so important to laugh at ourselves, even if we make a mistake today tomorrow is always a fresh start. Nice share.

  • tonywriter on Nov 3, 2011

    beautiful poetry :)

  • LadyElena on Nov 3, 2011

    Refreshing Poem – We should spend our time in a positive way.

  • mphsglo on Nov 3, 2011

    Very nice.

  • erwinkennythomas on Nov 4, 2011

    a great piece!

  • T.S. Lewis on Nov 7, 2011

    This one ended too soon. :)

  • FX777222999 on Nov 7, 2011

    Nice and it’s true.

  • ashan1614 on Nov 7, 2011

    @ T.S. Maybe by the time it appears in my next book, I will have something to add to it. :)

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