“Time” – A Poem

Today, I will be speaking to the young women of New Directions for Teen Parents (a Catholic Charities program and I am super excited for this opportunity. This short poem is an old one that reminds us that no mistake is so defining that you can not overcome it and become whoever it is you want to be. I salute you, young mothers, striving to be more than the statistic someone says you will be. Enjoy your Life After!!!

“Time”

 

indeed

time waits for no one

and no one can escape its reach

you can either let it teach

you what has to teach

or you can struggle

troubled by the things you simply can not control

but try

the things that make you cry

things you don’t understand

but lie about

time can teach you to forgive

to live free from the stains of pains

you needn’t own

time can show you where you’ve grown

and where you’ve failed

if you let the mistress of time tell the tale

instead of trying to write the book yourself

let her be the help she is intended to be

then see…

just wait and see…

whatever should be

will be

 

A Miss Mai Original