Time in a Bottle

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life." - Ecclesiastes 6:16

If I could place my time in a bottle,
then maybe I would have enough.
To live and breathe and move
To never fear to love.
And to the nights that are never forgotten,
For they will always be cherished.
But they were never given a bottle
To decide how much time they were given.

I could stay seventeen forever,
Never change, never change.
I would stay the same; we would all stay together
Today and everyday.
And to the days that I'll always remember,
The ones filled with laughter, tears, and love.
The ones that made us fight with anger,
but we knew we'd eventually give up.

If only I could place our time in a bottle,
For I would make you all stay here with me.
We'd create new memories and summers of life
And the problem is no longer sleep.
We'd stay up all night,
Disrupting all in sight,
We'd never leave each others' minds.

But even if I could place my time in a bottle,
It would eventually run out.
After all the endless nights and days together,
Fate will overcome doubt.
And I promise I'll look back on the pictures
And smile until the tears will shed.
I'll remember all our fearless adventures
That awakened the lives of the dead.

Promise you won't forget our time,
Despite the abundant lack of it.
For I solemnly swear to all of you,
My heart is with you, and forever you I will miss. 

Author's Note

This is about a group of friends wanting more time to be together, but knowing their time is short and will be cut off soon. It's very sad when a deep love of true friendship is suddenly changed.

Reviews

[Daydreamer54]

Aw,it's so swet and deep in a way! Sadly mometns don't last forever, but we can always cherise them, just like you said! ^^ great write! :)

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Brilliant write, beautiful and warming words.

[Omar Fendri]

the idea of the bottle is sui generies and nonpareil ... so canny, discerning and skillful. Simple, beautiful and sagacious :) i like it

[Charles]

Wonderful read. You and your friends are the bottle and your memories, the time. Just remember and you're together again.