Each of us knows the truth behind those words
We know life is fleeting
Have seen it with our own eyes
Lives gone too fast
Lives taken too young
Life is nothing but a numbers game
By a certain age
We all understand this
And even still
We waste so much time
Time consumed by what others think of us
Time devoured by people who won’t stick around in the end
Time exhausted from living over and over again in the past
Time eradicated by worrying about the future
A future that might never come
Maybe it’s human nature
To waste
We waste food and the earths resources
So why wouldn’t we waste something as precious as time
It’s human nature not to know the true value of something
Until it’s gone
Or about to be gone
How selfish is that?
As if simply because we want it
It will last forever
Making it all the more devastating
When we begin to realize we’re running out of it
I understand that quote now
That youth is wasted on the young
Because they won’t be able to appreciate the beauty of being young and free
Until that too is gone
And like all good things
It’s over far too fast
And once it’s only once it’s really gone
That you truly understand why it even matters
Indeed
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