Look Out!

Contemplative kind of ramblin' rhyme

Look out!…Not in!

Time is finite 

As hourglass sand

And fickle as the wind

The morrow is n’er  

A given thing

Nor does sorrow 

last forever

Look out!…Not in!

For time wears thin

There’s no certainty

Of tomorrow or of ever

The Reaper grim 

Might just look in

Then pass on by 

(with a knowing grin)

In full faith 

And knowing full well

That he will return 

…again…

Forget yourself…

And open your eyes

To ones around and  

About you, 

Dwell not on self

But on strangers and kin

Time is finite

…Look out! Not in!…

Author's Note

I'm gonna' call this rhyming free verse! (Is there such a thing?)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if we look outside ourselves, we may find some kind of redemption...looking inward too much can make us drown in our own misery...dwelling in the well of sorry puts us in darkness...but seeing others as more important as we...this can really create more understanding of ourselves as well as others.

nicely done, David.

j.