Then We Should Pause And Think A Bit...

 The drip-drip-drip of this...

created this!

With the tick-tick-tick of this...

 ...what are we creating?

Sometimes when in the thick of it

We overlook the quick of it

Betaken by the kick of it

The cuddle, push and tug

Sometimes the thrill and ache of it

The learn-laugh-love-sleep-wake of it

Startles the give and take of it

With a big, bear-like hug

The hold and letting go of it

The high-low grin-and-groan of it

The crash-croon-dash-stand-sit a bit

Is quite a symphony

Then we should pause and think a bit

Where the permanent ink of it

Sketches with subtle wink-like flit

An endless legacy

…thus we should make the most of it

The trouble, test and toast of it

And not bother to boast a bit

But bear this thought in mind

That after time’s quick round of it

We all will give account for it

Forever freed or bound by it

…the life we left behind

© Janet Martin

Romans 14:12

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.