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If Time Was a River

April 13, 2016
By Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"..though warm as summer it was fresh as spring." (Thomas Hardy) ("Far from the Madding crowd")

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Time passes so quickly now,
A fluid through a flowing river:
But it used to be so slow,
A flower that bloomed in the spirit of youth,
It rushes by now:
A train at the station of my departure;
A ticking clock with only one road
to disaster.
 

© Joseph S., San Anselmo, CA

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