Never Enough Time Poem by Barry Middleton

there is never enough time
for anything or anyone you love

as we grow old regret sets in
for all we wish we'd done or said

the workday is a ticking clock
that steals the years from us

the children grow into tomorrow
we blink an eye and they are gone

we can't recapture yesterday
love comes and goes with sunrise

and in a final act of cruelty
old age will take whatever is left

no one escapes the dilemma
so do not watch the clock

look around and find the time
the moments within today