Buying Back Time

I work every day

Another slave to the grind

Trying to save the money

To buy back all my time

 

How much for the memories

How much for the years

That have gone and passed me by

Full of hope and tears

 

Can I somehow regain

What I wasted in the past

And put it toward the future

Try to make it last

 

How much for the dreams

How much for the days

Where I took the other path

And meandered the wrong way

 

What would be the cost

To buy back my mistakes

To try and make things right

No matter what it takes

 

Even if I could, would I

Spend them any wiser

Or simply hoard them all

Like a chronographic miser

Reviews

[Emerald Seas]

A deep read. I gotta say, I think men do this more than women - think about their past, mistakes, etc. with more regret instead of moving on from the moment and enjoying what life has to offer from here on. Or at least the men and women I know. There are a few gals that sit and stew about history... but I find it more in men.
I love the presentation. It reminds of the story we come across where the child wants to know how much Dad makes an hour so he/she can pay Dad to spend more time with him/her. That's what came to mind for me... but your poem is deeper than that - mixed with sadness and melancholy. Profound

[Lyn Anderson]

This is very interesting, and well presented. The age old question, and if you bought back those mistakes, what would happen to your NOW?

[CoffeeInfused]

I'm thinking of adding a bit more to it, I've just been digging out all my longhand scribbles and throwing on the computer, so it may change a little. Thanks for the review! I need to get off my butt and take care of some of the RRs I've gotten behind on heh