Benjamin Twine

A Lifetime

When I think about a lifetime

I think of a hundred years

Ten decades stacked like bricks against the mind

When I think lifetime

I think of an old wrinkled man

And hunched shoulders

Bearing the years over and over

When I think of a lifetime

I think of my friends gone

Being alone

Or leaving someone behind

When you think about a lifetime

You think of the hours we spent together

And the countless moments in between

When you think lifetime

You think about the things we've done

And what we still need to do

When you think of a lifetime

You think of being together

Until a lifetime is over.