HOW QUICKLY THE YEARS

This is a collaborative poem written by Craig Froman and Salvatore Buttaci.

 

Childhood skips across the shadows
As golden laughter chimes their dance
And the electric Earth plays their music
In a stirring, rippling, rousing trance

How quickly the years of youth go sailing
Along the waves of fleeting time
Then in later years “If only”
Becomes the cry old voices pine

Compelled now to feel and flow and fly
The present moments’ swaying stance
What to do with time on our hands?
What to do with this fleeting glance?

Let’s live this life of ours with grace,
Not fritter away the hours of our prime.
Let’s fill our coming years with joy,
So when life ends, our worthy souls will climb.

Author's Note

Craig Froman (1/3) and Salvatore Buttaci (2/4). Thanks, Sal!

Reviews

[LisetteCanWrite!]

This was very profound and true! Every stanza is filled with the wisdom of the ticking clock.. and the message of not dwindling away in the prime years! I loved the rhythm, rhyme and flow of this.. the message is one everyone should embrace! Very graceful and elegant.. this collaboration is a real winner! Thank you for sharing.. very inspirational! Superb wordsmithing I will be saving this one to favorites!

[cest la vie]

Well to you both, Outstanding!!!

The message of living our lives to the fullest, grabbing each moment is one that can not be said enough. Your verses have such a smooth flow, which I love when reading a poem. Excellent job to the 1/3 man and the 2/4 man.