Time, a Run-Around Life

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I love nature, and as a child never understood one of my mother’s favourite sayings about people unable to see the wood for the trees.

It took a while, but I finally grew up and found out…the hard way.

TIME, A RUN-AROUND LIFE

Once

we played chase games   

in a dead-end street,

happy enough, but wishing

kid’s stuff over, time for a go

at living for real

Once

we chased each other

for career success,

happy enough, but wishing

we had more time to make a go

at living for real

Once

we played a chase game

with someone else,

happy enough, but sensing

we were somehow falling short

of living for real

Once

we chanced to meet up  

in a busy street,

happy enough, but sensing

others were making a better go

of living for real

Time

to take stock of dead-ends,

let imagination

run free, take a chance

on each other, start having a go

at living for real

Copyright R. N. Taber 2014