Empty

Empty

So certain our demise,

yet time slips from our grasp

through loose fingers

 

as we fritter away opportunity,

scorn chance

and reject risk.

 

dry sand

that falls to earth

infertile.

 

Like children

we waste time

in idle preoccupation,

 

in juvenile games

of immature intent.

 

We knew it to be wrong

but still could not help

taking Granny's

caramel candy bar

from the fridge.

 

The smell of Caramac

breath our betrayal;

 

lost to guilt free

achievement for all time,

 

we enter our dying years

still unfulfilled.

 

10/01/17

Reviews

[Valentine]

Never had a grandmother to sneak her candy from. Mine died in their 20s. Looking back at life I think we waste much more of our time than we ever use smartly. I lost many years during the time I had violent seizures. Valentine

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Sometimes life takes years from us, as in your case Valentine. It is sad but sadder when we have no excuse and simply do not excel ourselves through lack of motivation. Many thanks.

[Lydia Shutter]

Guilt and regret.....always with us and building as we age. Good write. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Lydi

[Dr. YumnaKay]

To me, risk-taking is all the fun in the world! But yes to some it remains just a thought and a lot of ifs and buts are what we're left with..
This was good and made me think!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you YK, good to rummage in the thinking box!

[Dr. YumnaKay]

I agree! And you are welcome! ☺

[Lyn Anderson]

Guilt over what we've done and not done -- the older we get the more we feel it.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

My own are grey shadows which provide words. Thank you 'M'.

[Willard Wells]

Time is lost by the moment. Each moment determines our life and it's ending.

May most all your moments be happy

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank You Willard. Thankfully my lived experiences simply provide fodder for my hungry words.

[andrew mitchell]

yes we do fritter time away, the problem is, we think we have all the time in the world but sadly we don't but we carry on as we do thinking we do regardless. Another write to ponder on.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed Andrew, many thanks.