Time poem dedicated to Madonna

This was the first poem that I wrote in creative writing, and it had to do with time somehow. When my teacher assigned it to us, the first thing I thought of was Madonna's song "Hung UP", that opens with the lines time goes by so slowly. This phrase has always annoyed me, because time to me generally goes by REALLLLLY fast. I wrote this poem on that premise, and thought about some of the most special times in my life, and reflected on how they are totally gone. I think I could have made this poem a little more "poetic," but at the time it felt just right.

Time

Goes by

So

s l o w l y.

no Madonna it Doesn’t.

i notice that as I grow older

the days fly past my youthful face.

time is a roller coaster-

but it doesn’t loop

            back.

i yearn to see the past

 but

it’s gone.

the moments I cherished most swam away

and time stops for no one.

i can’t go back to the days where i

sun bathed at Snow Creek

 or drove to Washington feeling like a pioneer.

not even when I climbed Half Dome-

oh, How I love Vernal falls.

So, no Madonna- Time does not go by

So slowly.

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