Love Poem: Don'T Have the Time
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Written by: Jim Yerman

Don'T Have the Time

We hear this excuse quite a bit lately as we make our daily climb…
I have so much to do…so man responsibilities…I just don’t have the time.

I’m working hard for all the things I want…all the things I need
I don’t have time to exercise
to cook
to eat
I don’t have time to read.

I understand how busy we are in the world we’re trying to create
I only wish we were so busy…we didn’t have time to hate.

How wonderful would it be to hear words the world has never heard before:
I don’t have time for prejudices
I don’t have time for killing
I don’t have time for war.

because I’m too busy enjoying nature
spending time before each day ends
in the bosom of my family
or catching up with friends.

Imagine with me, if you will, a world we can create
where we’re much too busy spreading love
that we don’t have time to hate.