Birthdays come and go

As we measure time in thimbles.

Is it wise to let time pass by?

Catch it by its forelock

And shout, “Carpe Diem!”

Our finite lives need

Some fulfillment.

Hold fast to time

And open up venues:

Improve, progress, develop

And, above all, 

Look right and look left

At all the surroundings,

At all seconds, minutes, and hours.

There the poor and the needy, 

The disenfranchised,

The old and the weak,

And the handicapped-

They reach for a helping hand,

For compassion and empathy!

Don’t let time pass

Without us reaching out

In time when Time passes by

And our fingers brush 

Only the bald patch in the back

While reaching to halt its passing.

Let us not waste time,

But deem it a boon

To reach out to tend and nurture

While embracing humanity.