by Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N.
Member since:
August 11, 2006

Two Word Challenge from the past - Time Lurks

February 19, 2007 06:34 AM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 17

Time flies when you're young,
with so much to see and do
before bedtime sneaks up on you.

Time stalls when you're a teen,
waiting for that license and a date
while feeling that you're doing it all late.

Time speeds up once you're grown,
responsibilities are part of life now too
and nothing seems quite so new.

But when you're old, time lurks,
waiting in the shadows; it won't bend
time lurks and waits for the end.

mn - 2007


Dedicated to Vic, may his cancer surgery be successful.

Comments: 17

Rob Appell Feb 19, 2007, 6:49am UTC
And I say time can just wait. I've made it this far and I'm not about to let it end yet!
Angie O. Feb 19, 2007, 6:52am UTC
Very Good Marilyn and oh so very true.
subroto s s. Feb 19, 2007, 7:04am UTC
Excellent piece, Marilyn!
Rosa See Ya Feb 19, 2007, 7:09am UTC
Very nice dedication to Vic. You've captured the four outer stages very well. I can relate!!
Thank you, all! I tried -- something about those two words, made me want to write about them.
Rob - did I say YOU? LOL
Cheryl W. Feb 19, 2007, 8:53am UTC
Good one, Marilyn. Time does seem to go fast or slow depending on our age and what is going on in our life.
donna h. Feb 19, 2007, 8:57am UTC
very good Marilyn. time can be our asset and our enemy.
Very good, Marilyn, and as for me, I'll skirt those shadows a little more, now, if old time is lurking there. lol
Jo H. Feb 19, 2007, 2:17pm UTC
Powerful.
Apryl Just Apryl Feb 19, 2007, 4:36pm UTC
Profound and so true! Good work, Marilyn!
J. C. Feb 19, 2007, 4:50pm UTC
Great job, Marilyn. It's so true.
Cinnamon and everything not so nice *. Feb 20, 2007, 4:38am UTC
Great poem and very true.
Thank you all. I've wanted to Time Lurks since I saw it. But I didn't have anything to post till recently - the surgery, or first one is tomorrow.
April? Feeling better? :)
Kathryn Flynn Feb 20, 2007, 7:25am UTC
Very well said, Marilyn!
brandy, You're young, I'm old already! lol

Thanks, Kathryn, all.. ;)
★ツ♥Misty♥ツ★ . Aug 13, 2008, 10:27am UTC
Great job.

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