Spare time

SPARE TIME GONE

Where has all the spare time gone?

We’re living life too fast

I try to grab some time to write

But know that it won’t last

We wake each day to a world in strife

It’s an effort just to survive

Countries, businesses, families

Are lucky to stay alive

Our thoughts in turmoil, we rush around

Just to do what we have to do

Every time you grab a moment’s peace

Someone will bother you

Folks are troubled everywhere

Is there anyone genuinely happy?

What the heck is happening to us all?

Why are we so unhappy?

We’ve lost our ability to sit and think

To watch the world go by

We think getting “Things” brings happiness

But it’s all a great big lie

We grow apart from our families

Our friends and loved ones dear

We don’t tell them enough we love them

Or how much we need them here

A few words of love, a picture, a poem

It doesn’t have to rhyme

We can change our world with words

Right now, there is never a better time

(C) Mavis O'Sullivan