Time Gone
So it goes, and nobody really knows,
ticking, trickling, frittering away.
ever wonder where the time's gone?
and why it's not here to stay?
Seemed to have a lot of time,
when I was young, to play,
had lots of time for fun, still,
with so much done every day.
And then, I got to working much more,
eighty hours or more a week… Still, somehow,
with lots of time to travel and explore.
Retiring was expected to give me time,
to relax and write, learn and relate,
with others without an appointment date.
But something insidious is at work,
time wasters are there in the lurk,
I know what they're doing, luring,
but my work ethic just won't shirk.
So I deal with each and every one.
Surveys, inquiries, requests for cash,
the compliance requirements, empty cache,
brought on by safety and security balderdash.
Incessant commercials suck up,
and break up, entertainment time.
As though I would buy from them,
spending my last precious dime.
Health requirements keep growing,
with ever carnivorous advancing age.
Constant reminders of required medications,
appointments becoming the rage.
I still put in the long working day.
And find that I have little output,
to show for my nonexistent pay.
So if you're wondering,
where the time goes?
Down the black hole of Facebook,
that I haven't even joined yet.
And the greatest time waster of all,
the cell phone disaster just waiting for,
you, when you're driving, to call.
I don't own one of those either…
So, where did that time go?
Copyright 2016 © Ronald W. Hull
3/17/16
"Time Gone" sings its lines in harmonious voice of poetic expression. I enjoyed every word of this poem
In reverent appreciation,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Always,
Deborah
A YEAR THEN
SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK FOREVER
BUT NOW THAT I'M 71
A YEAR MELTS
LIKE BUTTER ON THE SUN
I BELIEVE ITS THE AGE
THAT SETS THE STAGE
THAT MAKES ONE THINK
A DAYS A BLINK
THE HOURS SEEM TO FLY
WHEN THEY REALLY HAVEN'T
FOR NOW WE BUSY & WISE
AND REALISE
THERE'S MUCH WORK TO DO
DO IT NOW...DON'T CAN IT!
THANKS FOR SHARING, ENJOYED, RON. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE *HIS INSPIRATIONS
Regis
Rebecca
Love ya!
Jane
whether or not having fun,
and then it's over for us,
when our time is done.
Michael D.
I probably wouldn't recognize "quality" poetry if it reached up and bit me on the ass . . . Anyway, time is the same as it has been, sixty seconds to a minute, etc. It is our mindset and social obligations which diminish it in our eyes.