Wasted Time
All the wasted time along the way.
Think about how you spend your day.
Often wasted, hung out to dry.
Stoned, inebriated, wondering why?
Your time here is limited, for sure.
Put health first. Keep things pure.
This may give you a few more years.
What’s the use? You say through tears.
What good are a few extra years?
Make use of the wasted time. Don’t fear.
You could be building a great career.
Better yet, if religious minded at all,
prepare the way for the heavenly call.
Be welcomed into those pearly gates.
Do all you can before it is too late.
If it’s not your bag, just be a better man.
Why should you do all you can?
It will make life better for those around .
Thinking of others pays off, I have found.
Whatever way you would choose to go.
It is better than wasted time, you know.
If wasted time is kept to a minimal,
there are no regrets when you go.
———————–R.W. Johnson—–(2017)