5 More Minutes? Carpe Diem
What is in a moment
A snap shot in time
A combination of seconds
A poignant point of reference to a journey and its clime
I rarely think about their passing
One by one and two by two
And in their constant ticking
They continue unabated, all day long, through and through
They come in 60 seconds
1440 in a day
I take so many for granted
Yet wanting some to stay
I lose them in the nighttime
As I count my little sheep
But onward moving companions they remain
As I drift away to sleep
They reflect a constant cycle
These moments in my day
And I find myself impatient
With their passing, so cliché
The day is full of many
And on my clock they tick so fast
They pass in constant measure
How I wish that more would last
Wanting just a few more drops
And a return to days of yore
To turn back the hands of time
A singer wants 5 more
In referring to our moments
Robert Herrick did opine
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may”
A line within a poem, about the passages of time
Robin Williams used this line as well
And then whispered to his boys
Horace’s Carpe Diem
As a challenge to those assembled, for their future to employ
So make the most of each one’s coming
In their building of your story
And cherish the gift of each ones passing
To seize them one and all, and make them extraordinary
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