Thoughts on "Time"

Seconds, minutes, hours, days,
Time ticks our lives away.
Newborn babe, toddler, child,
Then- adolescent - wild?
Adult - husband, wife.
Old age, death. That's life.

Monday morning
Another working week dawning.
Weekends bring relief.
Relax, catch up, sleep.

Then the years have passed us by.
Work is only one part of life.
So much to do, so little time.
A lot to see before decline.

Take time to "stand and stare",
Before it's too late to share -
Happiness in many things,
That only "taking time" can bring.

P.S.
These thoughts may sound morbid -
A Leisure Centre could stop us from becoming torpid?

by Jill Spooner

First published in MACLA News Magazine No. 10 Spring 2005