Time

A moment of inspiration from a good friend. (With MP3 reading)

Time waits for no souls.

He just keeps rolling on  

like Old Man River.

  

Sometimes he tumbles us

roughly over the jagged

rocks of his shallow rapids,

and sometimes he takes us

on a slow, leisurely drift

in the warm sunshine

past places so beautiful

that we never imagined

they even existed, let

alone daring to imagine

that we'd ever see them.

 

Our job is to survive the

rapids and then, to savor those

sweet, sweet, slow drifts.

 

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Author's Note

Reviews

[Seriana]

This is very lovely Jerry. I can imagine all the subtleties of this. It's so fluid and moving. It makes me want to go to these places, or at least search them out. Is that you reading it aloud? *giggles* That's pretty neat! I've never heard a poem read aloud before. That made it even more wonderful. Nice job!

[Spoken]

your inspiration inspires in itself. Em sent me your direction, said you liked cherry cobbler.. but I'll over look that because you're a good writer :-)

Old Man River's been around for a while.. long enough to understand time and our place within it. Great metaphor.

[BrightEyes]

it is true that sometimes we get so engrossed in the survival of the rapids - that the sweet slow drifts pass us by unnoticed - easy to get so wrapped up to miss them. so very true that we must savor each moment life gives us - for there is fun to be found even in the rapids of life. great write.

[TL Boehm]

exquisite - especially the last verse....words to savor indeed. We rush too much.

[An Ordinary Woman]

Awe, this is fantastic. I remember wishing to slow time as youngster. As I got a bit older, I wished it to hurry. All the wishing in the world does nothing to change time, as you so eloquently put. Very, very nice and I really enjoyed hearing your voice. Thats really great. Smiles ...

[Amy..... "sing To ..]

I love this. Time waits for no souls. That is so true right?

WE need to slow down and open our eyes right to things we are probably missing. I believe we really do not know at times when "a good time" is until its gone.

Great writing.

[SPINNING ON that dizzy ..]

This is beautifully written -the word choice and rhythm takes you right outside, makes you pick up a piece of tall, dry grass, put it right between your teeth, intertwine your fingers, put them right behind your head and lean way back to capture that sun on your face. Listen to the water dance on the rocks... Pass the lemonade!

:*)

Kath

[Brianna Brie]

Imaginative poem...you capture lives surprises well. Love it as a spoken word piece.

[Adela Muresan]

Wow. What a beautiful way of showing life's true meaning and consistence.
Great great poem :).

A.M.

[holly]

So true! And the first line grabbed my attention. I liked the imagery of the river, often seen in poetry about time but always valid. A river and its variations is one of the best ways to relate how we see time. I loved our conclusion as well. Thank you for posting this.