The house is quiet
My love by my side
The children asleep
All dreaming their dreams
I lay awake and uneasy
My hazy dreams replaced with lucid thoughts
My peace replaced with worry
How much is left of this thing called time?
A day? A week? How many months or years lie ahead?
I ponder this as I listen to my wife breathing deeply in her dreams
I think of my children
Four children. Four dreams
How much of their future will I share?
My own mother and father gone too soon
So many years away from the family still here
So much I’ve wasted
So much time now in the past
Just one more hug. Just one more conversation
But time moved too fast
The words came too late
Regret is nobody’s friend
Yet it never leaves your side
The time behind is gone
The time ahead unknown
The present quickly slips by
Gone too soon if I let it
What will I do with it?
Let it go without saying a word?
Take hold of it and savor every moment?
It’s not for me to say
Only time will tell
Ben,
Love, love, LOVE THIS!
I realize this might seem a little “cheesy” at first, but after a few minutes… TRY to just open your mind, your heart and realize the eternal depth of your genetic and timely connection with Tracy and your childred. It is the Legacy you not only started, but also leave behind… when your time here is spent/done… what will matter most are those memories, those EMOTIONS that stir when your biological creations (with Tracy) live on. Just think about that.
When I was watching my infant daughter, then 7-years later my infant son sleep in their cribs, those MOMENTS, those days with them were going to resonate — good, bad, joyous, painful, and laughing — would rest in THEIR memories. Make sure you embrace EVERY FREAKING SECOND OF IT!!!! Because THAT is what this life is all about my friend. ❤
This is the song that slapped hard all of this into reality for me, to just… LOVE IT:
The song comes next… 🙂
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Well, I guess Queensryche was determined to GET IN THERE early! LOL
GOD I suck at monumental moments and writing them… on super cool Dude’s blogs! 😦 Grrrrrrrrrr.
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Who’s this super cool dude, now? Certainly nobody I know.
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Thanks. I’m not much of a poet, but I am a sentimental fool. I want to cherish every moment here with my family, but I know so much time isn’t being spent wisely. There’s no reason I can’t change that though.
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Nice poem.
We need to make better use of our time for sure.
Thanks for not telling the truth….I know I was snoring.
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Breathing deeply sounded better than snoring. 🙂
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I agree
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Hug them and tell them you love them every day. And get lots of life insurance. Nothing says “I love you” from beyond the grave like a paid-off house and money for bills and groceries.
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Got all those things pretty well covered. I always hug them tight and tell them I love them. So much that they are probably thinking, “Okay, okay Dad I get it.” As far as life insurance goes, I have more than enough. In fact, with all the life insurance I have, I’m surprised my wife hasn’t taken me out yet. 🙂
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Lol! Maybe she likes you or something.
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So far so good.
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I’m worth nearly as much as he is dead, so I feel pretty lucky to still be around. I’m much more difficult to get along with too.
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