Freeze-Frame Time~ Poem by C. Michelle Olson

AS TIME MARCHES RIGHT ALONG
WILL IT EVER ALLOW ONE TO TRULY MOVE ON?
AS THE PROGRESSION OF LIFE'S EVENTS UNFOLD
SMILES TO PRIDEFULLY HOLD
MEMORIES CREATED
NEVER FADED
CAN ONE FREEZE FRAME TIME?
TIME MOVES BRISKLY THROUGH LIFE
AN EVER EVOLVING YET DISSOLVING CYCLE OF ONE'S LIFE
ONE CAN NEVER GROW TIRED WHEN NEW EXPERIENCES ARE ACQUIRED
MEMORIES BEING RECORDED
THE MIND DOES SEEM TO ABSORB THEM
WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD, EACH STAGE PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE
DOES ONE REALLY GROW OLD?
TIME EVENTUALLY ERODES
YES, WE KNOW ONE GROWS OLD
ALTHOUGH TIME CAN BE LIVED WELL
WELL ENOUGH TO SHOW A YOUTHFUL SOUL
AND AN ALIVE MIND AND TIME-ALTERED FLESH
HOWEVER TIME NEVER TELLS SOMEONE HOW TO FEEL
ONE HOLDS CONTROL
TREASURE EACH STAGE FOR THAT IS WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE
ANOTHER DAY, MONTH, YEAR PASSES BY
TIME CAN NEVER BE FROZEN FOR IT IS IN CONSTANT MOTION
REALIZE THE LENGTH OF TIME CAN NEVER BE ON OUR SIDES
FOR IF WE ACCEPT THE CONSTANT FLOW, ONE MAY GRACEFULLY GLIDE THROUGHOUT LIFE
TRANSFORMATIONS UNDERTAKEN, HARD TIMES FALL UPON, BLESSINGS SEEM TO COME IN DISGUISE,
HOLDING HANDS WITH THOSE THAT ARE CLOSE
CHILDREN GROW AND A HEART LONGS TO NEVER LET GO
LETTING GO NEVER MEANS SURRENDERING YOUR HEART
ONLY ALLOWING THE FREEDOM TO DISCOVER ONE'S OWN LIFE
TREASURE EVERY PASSING DAY OF TIME
FOR IT IS TRULY THE GIFT OF LIFE~