Fleeting Wings of Time

Fleeting Wings of Time
By
Jan Phillips
On the fleeting wings of time,
Life goes its merry way;
And each of us should live as though
This was our very last day

Due to human failures,
We don’t always know what our mission will be,
It’s not as though we were blind;
We look but cannot see.

If there was no tomorrow,
What would we do with our life?
Would we live in happiness?
Or would we live in strife?

When we reach retirement,
We say, “We’re through and done!”
If we only knew the truth,
A new life has just begun.

Friendships mean a lot right then,
When our life we start anew.
We live each day for someone else;
As though we each one knew:

Our lives are sometimes short;
And time goes by so fast,
That love and friendship
Are the only things that last.

Our lives sometimes become so full
That those we have touched and passed,
Seem to think we have forgotten,
But our memories linger and last.

If ever you get lonely,
Call them to you once more.
Memories will come to you;
They may even knock on your door!

Great work and with words of great wisdom. It's funny you posted this. I have been really thinking a lot lately about how important friendship is. It gives us a way to connect and be whole people. God said that is is not good that man should be alone. God created us to need each other and to need Him. This world often tries to lie and say that we don't need anybody else to get anywhere in life. It's so sad, because once they've conquered the world, they get older and find themselves all alone.

"If ever you get lonely,
Call them to you once more.
Memories will come to you;
They may even knock on your door!"
Pounded on many doors to no avail but then again at the time I was not well.
New doors!

God Bless.

Thank you both for your comments. Everyone is always so positive about how the poems (not just mine) effect them. Keep it up.

God bless and keep you.
Jan P

I always say the great thing about being older is that I can replay so many things in my mind.


Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom with us.

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