The greatest thief of life is time <br />Of children, home the wife thats mine <br />Yet nature brings to those so few <br />That which we love is also due <br /> <br />We ask of life more then receive <br />And those we miss we sorely grieve <br />Yet most are thankful for this life <br />Beset with troubles also strife <br /> <br />We grasp with fingers etched by time <br />And say this world, this life is mine <br />Don't linger on what might have been <br />Give thanks at least for what you've seen <br /> <br />Upon this earth no time at all <br />Perspective seems like spring to fall <br />To waste your life should be a crime <br />For the greatest thief in life is time.<br /><br />Graham Jones<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/time-15/
