"Time Given"

Like falling leaves, the years have seemed to slip by

The days have added up and multiplied together

Diminishing the strength in the bond to my life to a tiny thread

One that can barely sew the faded pieces of the past together

In those odd moments when memories tumble back to the fore front of my mind

Its almost as if reviewing a former life I once lived

The crisp image now blurry

Reflections back can barely recall all of the detailed moments

But the few that still remain

I carry within some part of me

Like the sunshine in your smile...

My endless tears washing away your kisses from my cheeks...

The sound of every piece of me breaking complete...

And my entire being not letting my mouth swallow the true truth

Because my heart knew then that the bitter taste of abandonment would be too much to bare or take

So, as it comes to pass another year

I have already long since forgotten to count

I am almost struggling to remember...

Because the hands of time have pushed all beyond me

Along with the lonely days gone by from long ago

Keeping me here

Planted and regrowing new roots to hold me

I've re-built myself from the ground up

Promising myself conviction

Because the problem you had was believing...

We are bound to our choices

But we are not our mistakes

That is why time given to us is so precious

Its those stolen moments that should never go to waste.

© 2011