a timely pause
a timely refrain

a time to stay sane
to maintain
your train of thought
for what you've bought
the shoulda's & woulda's & ought
of what you sought
of what you sold
as you grew old

of the seeds you've sown
and what you've grown
and what you can say is your own

and you paid the cost
when you lost

because
you didn't take
a timely pause
a timely refrain
so you made a mis-take
that caused you pain
drove you insane
it was all so mundane

you lost
true North, South, East
and West
but at least
you did your best
to pass the test

but you paid the cost
when you lost

but at least
you tried
although you cried
you never Died
and you Tried

so now it's Time
to change your rythmn & rhyme
a time to pause
a timely pause
to take cause
to maintain
a timely refrain

so you don't go insane
and feel more pain
a time to maintain
a time to refrain

because
it's Time for
A Timely Pause