Another Poem

I found this poem in the Daily Mail and had to share it with you

  

TEMPUS FUGIT

 

Was that my lifetime passing by

At such an unrelenting pace,

While I endeavoured to take flight

In skies of liberating space,

And if it was, should I accept

How time has ultimately swept

Me from securities embrace?

 

If only time could be reversed

And replayed at a slower speed,

If only deeds had been undone

That were preoccupied with greed

If only my lips had rehearsed

Their lines before each curtain call,

Perhaps I`d quietly reflect

On life with fondness after all.

 

Was that my lifetime passing by

Into uncertain destiny,

While I let many friendships die

Through lack of care and empathy,

And if it was, should I review

How time can easily undo

The fabric of my sanity

 

If only I had rearranged

The pages of my fleeting life

If only all my faults had been

Erased or severed with some knife

If only harmony and peace

Had overwhelmed my bleeding heart,

Perhaps I would be more aware

Of love, and how its torn apart.

 

Was that my lifetime passing by

Across a landscape of desires,

While I continued to defy

The truth that only faith acquires,

And if it was, should I believe

How time can stealthily deceive

A man until his will expires?

 

If only I had righted wrongs

And heeded other people`s plight,

If only dreams had manifest

Themselves in spiritual light,

If only time`s advancing years

Had for a while retreated,

Perhaps I would be hankering

For life to be repeated!

courtesy of Iaian W. Wade of Knaresborough, North Yorks