This text was written after my cousin--who spent two weeks with my family--
left for home.  It seems like she arrived just yesterday and left today.
Time is easy to measure to difficult to figure out--look to long in the
wrong direction and your time is no more.  My time as of late has been
flying by offering no remorse.

TIME IS UP
By:  Dan Wright 1/24/94

Tomorrow is the day.  Yep, tomorrow my time is up.  It seems like just
yesterday the clock started ticking.  So much time and so much to do 
yet certainly enough time to do it in.  Somehow not much got accomplished
in my alloted time and now I sit back and wonder "what happened."

Yes, what did happen to all the time.  What did I do?  Why didn't I do what
I should have?  How come the time went by so quickly?  All these thoughts
come to mind as tears fill my eyes.  There was so much I could have done
but didn't.  I had plans but never followed them through and now my time
is almost up.

I feel sad that I did not do more but maybe I should be glad for having
had the time.  Perhaps the question I should be asking myself is "why"
I didn't do enough and what "more" could I have done.

The fact is time will pass and more quickly than expected.  I just hope
I can learn to accept this and do a little more in the last bit of time 
I have been allowed.