Time Keeps Moving On
by Michael Doyle

All these things I meant to do
The greatest being loving you
It seems I made the plans right
But they escape into another night

All these days, they seem to go
Moving faster than my own flow
I always mean to get this right
But it escapes into another night

Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after year, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on

It happens to me quite a lot
Another year passed with my plans forgot
I  wish it was something to count on
I look behind me at all my yesterdays gone

New Year's Eve is creeping up on me
With most of my hopes a burnt-out memory
Whispering regret into my wounded ears
Whatever happened to all my years

Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on

I write out my list of how I want to be
Like a million other times, I wished for me
The waves of my life crushed on a rocky shore
I keep clinging on for a little more

When I look into your beautiful eyes
It's not all that hard to recognize
That you are the best of my broken life
If I can win this time, you'll be my wife

Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on

Our worlds collide with a heavy sigh
We hold on tight, not merely passing by
It's easy to see you are the best of me
I feel the truth of our treasured eternity

Every time that you reach out for my hand
I know things that I can't really understand
We live on two sides of this world's crust
I suppose it all comes down to living on trust

Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on

(c) December 30, 2024   Michael Doyle
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