Friday, February 10, 2012

Rewinding the Past by Amy Carothers


Rewinding the Past
By Amy Carothers

Years slipping by
faster than we can hold on to
The mirror reflecting a face that shouldn't be so
For some the marching of time is their greatest fear
While others see it as a map of life's accomplishments

Each dent or slope a hidden memory
A gray hair, not something to be pulled but examined
before
  being
     colored
         away

Watching children skipping down the street
Don't envy their energy
but take a deep breath
and reclaim your own

The passing of time can not be altered 
                                                                     
                                                                     So
                                                                    As
                                                                Time
                                                          Ticks on
Make it count!