Time Keeps On Ticking Into the Future
As I lay here listening… to the clock beside my bed
I am reminded of a song… and here is what it said
Time keeps on ticking…. into the future
We can stop a clock from ticking… but we never can stop time
We can act like we’re not aging …but our bodies still decline
We can wear the latest fashions…dye our hair…or buy new shoes
But the fact is… we ARE aging…and it’s something we don’t choose
Time keeps on ticking…into the future
We can push that small snooze button… and pretend we get more time
But that’s a mere illusion that we use to trick our mind
We can ignore our birthdays…simply say that they don’t come
But our birthday suit looks wrinkled…. and it’s just a rule of thumb
Time keeps on ticking… into the future
Do you ever see a picture of yourself from long ago?
And you wonder where that person went… and you'd really like to know?
I think about that all the time… when I stare into her face
That picture from her wedding day… where she’s all decked out in lace
Time keeps on ticking…into the future
I see the hope deep in her eyes…the look that held her dreams
And think of all she’s said and done…a life full of her schemes
The man that stands beside her… holding gently to his wife
Hardly knowing what his duties… would now be throughout his life
Time keeps on ticking…into the future
They barely thought of grandchildren on that busy wedding day
But there have been 14 of them… to love… and watch at play
Now some of them are driving and I know it won’t be long
Till THEY’RE walking down that aisle… listening to THEIR wedding song
Time keeps on ticking…into the future
Oh yes, where does the time go… how can all these things be?
It only seems like yesterday… he proposed on bended knee
Now… when he bends that knee… he finds it hard to rise
The handsome prince has turned to gray… but the love’s still in his eyes
Time keeps on ticking… into the future
So the time it keeps on ticking…until that fateful day
When time turns to eternity…and it’s just a breath away!
By~ Linda Hogeland ~ November 2009
