Time Well Tasted

I’d like to say when daylight fades

And all its moments hasted

That it, like sweetness on the tongue

Was Time well tasted

I’d like to think as dusk beams pink

Where dark will soon erase it

That I with mouth, thought, hands and eyes

Held Time well tasted

I’d like to savor mercy’s favor

…not greed-emaciated

But vow to feed my daily need

With Time well tasted

I’d like to share what I can spare

And not unduly borrow

Lest dull, I wipe my bulging jowls

On my neighbor's sorrow

I’d like to smile at my last mile

To know life was not wasted

But it will be a legacy

Of Time well tasted

© Janet Martin

Off to do some tasting…

h-m-m-m, I think I taste laundry soap!

Wishing for all of us a fully tasted day!