I was listening to Willie Nelson in the car today. I'm not a big fan of country music, but I like some of it, and this song by Willie Nelson is a favorite of mine:
Funny How Time Slips Away
Well hello there. My, it’s been a long, long time.
How am I doing? Oh I guess that I’m doing fine.
It’s been so long now, but it seems like only yesterday.
Gee, ain’t it funny how time slips away?
How’s your new love? I hope that he’s doing fine.
I heard you told him that you’d love him until the end of time.
Now that’s the same thing that you told me, seems like just the other day.
Gee, ain’t it funny how time slips away.
I gotta go now. I guess I’ll see you around.
Don’t know when though; never know when I’ll be back in town.
But remember what I tell you; in time you’re gonna pay.
And it’s surprising how time slips away.
Hearing that song got me thinking about other bits of poetry I like. Please take the time to read them.
On An Old Sun Dial
Time flies,
Suns rise,
And shadows fall.
Let time go by.
Love is forever over all.
From the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Awake! for morning in the bowl of night
Has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight:
And lo! the hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan’s turret in a noose of light.
Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of spring
Your winter-garment of repentance fling;
The bird of time has but a little way
To flutter—and the bird is on the wing.
Cervantes
The Time
There is a time for some things,
And a time for all things;
A time for great things
And a time for small things.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
