Time and Priority

Time slips by at the speed of light

Slipping through my fingers

Like trying to hold water in my hand

It seeps through everything

Time forces me to prioritize my life

Focus on those who prioritize me

Everything in my life wants to be first

Like runners in a race, who will win?

Will I have time for it all?

How do I decide what to do first?

So many important people and things

I don't want to lose any of them

Time is finite, preset to limit my life

I am allotted only so much

I am forced to choose

How will my choices impact my future?

Decisions made now will reverberate throughout my existence

Like ripples in the water, forever moving

Do I base them on others, subjugating my own needs?

Do I base them on my own happiness, a life of selfishness?

There has to be a balance, a way to have them coexist

Decisions must be made to satisfy both of these human needs

Without balance, I become a simple organic being, an animal

I choose to have humanity, to belong to a higher order

My priorities will be centered on those who do the same

I will use my limited time to love those who love me in return

I will focus my energy on helping others

Others who I hope will help even more people if they can

I will not neglect those in my life who mean the most to me

I will cherish them; keep them close

I will honor my commitments and promises

None to be made in haste; without thought

Time is too valuable to waste on those who would hurt me

Those who will not honor their promises and commitments

Their motivation in question, selfish and uncaring

Like a cancer to the soul, they will be cut out, exercised

Hold on to me, and I will hold on to you

Let me go, and I will move on

Like my decisions about priority and time

People in my life will be forced to choose, prioritize

Basing my decisions on love and humanity

I see a future filled with possibilities

People of like minds will be drawn to me

They will enrich my life in unexpected ways

I will invest my limited time in seeking them out

No longer will I idly waste this precious resource

The seconds are ticking by, unstoppable, relentless

I will move with the rhythm and stop fighting against it