How did it get so late so soon?
How did it get so late?
Now it is past the daily noon
Already on this date
Why do the seconds go that fast?
Where do they disappear?
What can I do to make it last?
When death it is I fear
With every sip of breath I take
The ending closes in
Wrinkles of old age do make
Degeneration of the skin
Oh Time, where do you flee toward?
Oh Time, where do you go?
If leaving me behind this start
You stop the forward flow
I can’t go back but follow through
So, stuck in this line’s vault
Just one way up is to renew
Never stops it to a halt
Forward we go as sure we must
As rays that never end
In circles of Life’s wind, we trust
Like bamboo sprouts, we bend
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Petra Van Geenen
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When We Were Very Young
In another box set that my parents got me when I was younger contained four books by A.A. Milne. 'When We Were Very Young' is a collection of poems that Milne wrote for his son Christopher Robin. This is a book that is full of references to Mr. Edward Bear, but a lot of the poems give some various descriptions of life of a very young child and where, when, how and why they do what they do. The illustrations are quite cute for you can see what Christopher Robin is and may be thinking. Also, Pooh Bear does make his self-known at various points. I have read these verses many, many times over the years and each time make me feel good about myself.
By Mark Graham6 days ago in Critique
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