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