Time – Slow Down
© 2018 by P Michael Biggs
Yesterday, he was clinging
to Mom for security.
Today, he has a strong
sense of his own resilience.
A few years ago
she was happy
with a tricycle.
Now she has a
driver’s license.
I remember when she
was a Brownie.
This fall she’ll be
a college freshman.
Yesterday he was the
baby of the family.
Today, he has his
own baby.
Have I done enough?
Have I taught
the right concepts,
the right sense of
right and wrong,
the good and bad,
the right balance in life?
Have I modeled
the best traits?
And did I say
“I love you”
often enough?
When she remembers
my life, will she
find me faithful
in what I proclaim
as good and true?
looks like?
Time is elusive.
This moment is all
that we are sure of.
I’m gonna make it count.
Originals by P Michael Biggs
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