William W. Gill - Tempus Fugit - Third Place (category 18 & above)

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William
W. Gill

Contest
winners
Jul-Dec
2000

Third Place, (category 18 & above), Webstatic Poetry Contest, Jul - Dec 2000

Tempus Fugit

Tomorrow’s when I know I could,
Do all the things I said I would.
Like climb a mountain, run a mile,
Fly in Concord, dress in style.

Tomorrow I could have a fling
At painting, writing, anything
To leave my mark on history,
So others will remember me.

Tomorrow I could tour the world
And see it’s wondrous things unfurled.
Tomorrow I could simply laze,
Read “War and Peace” or Shakespeare’s plays.

There always seemed to be the time,
To realize these dreams of mine.
To do the things I said I would,
To do the things I know I could.

But days went by and I grew old,
The skein of life did then unfold.
And Father Time just didn’t care,
Tomorrow came. I wasn’t there.

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