The minutes on my watch,
Don’t fly so fast,
Let my moment
Be a little long.
My past is
Long gone,
Captured in
Words
Images
Moments
Some frozen by you
Some forgotten by me
Yet they remain
Living memories
In the depth of my head.
Even today
In the present
A flash of you
I try to grab
In the lines
Of brows and lips
Of family loved
Friendly winks.
Why do you need
To do a sprinter
All I want
Is a moment or two
To savor a second
For as long
As a minute.
I don’t dread
The future
I await it happily,
But, today,
All I ask,
Why are you like a kite
Cut from its strings
Rushing into
Unknown hands.
Do wait,
Tell me
How come you’re so quick
Where do you run
Why do you run
Can’t you wait.
Let the happy moments
Stay
Forever
Without a thought
Of How restless
Fleeting
You can be!
©A.G.