When Time Stops

When time stops,

and options cease,

when all we 've done

is all we'll ever do,

the past matters

in heart and mind.

Our Words spoken,

and words not voiced,

kept from those

who needed to hear.

Ruing actions taken,

or avoided, perchance

that caused harm or hurt

to another, in our path.

Regrets, undo-able.

Each moment,

in time, in mind,

in spirit of heart.

Reflected, mirrored

on a soul silvered.

Self image, Self worth,

not as the world expounds

but in the end, balanced

valued, by measuring

life with self chosen rod.

We judge ourselves.

before we are ever judged

by any other, and we

are as merciless to selves

as we are today, to others.

Life is a daily choice,

we choice actions and

speak words leading to

ultimate peace, or regret.

© 2012 Tamera Dobbins