Wait For Me

Fri, 04/11/2014 - 15:07 -- Bionqua

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Time waits for no one 

So I keep moving forward 

But if I had a choice, I would shout with my voice

"Oh, time, please wait for me!"

 

Then Time would look back and smile

And slow down as I walk 

So I could stop and talk 

To a stranger on the street 

Laying on concrete 

Holding steadfast beneath my feet.

 

Time would pause within himself for moments 

Moments would become eternal

So I could cherish those around me 

Give a little something more than just some change to the poor 

 

 

Everyone always seems to be in such a rush

But we find time to plant those minute seeds

Just to feel redeemed for our selfish schemes

We dwell on that single good deed

 

Thinking if only I had more time to dedicate

I would take that time to become 

What I know I could be

If only I could change one thing 

Even if it were just once,

Time would wait for me 


And if he could, he would wait for simple things

He would pause long enough

For me to stop and pet a mutt 

Roaming about aimlessly, as we all often do

Looking for someone friendly 


He would stare at me from beneath his coat of

Soft matted fur knotted by dust and dirt 

He would smile back at me 

And best friends we would be 

But I don't have the time


See if I could change one thing 

Time would

Never start

Never stop 

The hands would never tick tock on a clock

And I would spend my endless minutes wandering about

 

I'd never again worry 

About my class essay being due at a quarter to ten

Because time would be endless 

I would be endless

How beautiful would that be 

to never need free time because time is free

 

To lay in the arms of my lover forever 

To gaze into his eyes knowing no one could love me better 

But I can’t find my lover,

Because he can’t find the time


But just imagine if time never passed
The first kiss would be the same as the last
Our love would persist forever
The nuances of our affection
Would warp and wrap themselves around us until we give in

And there would be no
Goodbye or hello
Or burying the only love I know
6 feet down below

I may be just a dreamer
And it's about time that I realized
Time waits for no one
But if I could change one thing
I’d ask time to would wait for me

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