when time was something that passed
rather than to be grasped
finishing post in sight
chequered flag on the sat nav
telling you you've arrived
when time was acres of summer sunshine
not pollution coated air, holes in the ozone
worrying about global warming
but still building building building
for the future they say....
when time was your own to cherish
not jobs to do meetings to attend
places to visit but not really see
bills to pay questions to answer
a debt to honour for the ever after
when time just existed
it felt like forever
now there's no forever after