by Doyle Delap

Created on: August 18, 2008

"Imprints in Time"

When I teach you,
Who is listening?

As I live my life,
Who is watching?

I touch countless others;
Generations unseen,

In the lessons I'm living
And in the life that I teach.

An impressionable mind
For me to impress

What far-distant child
Will feel my caress?

The words that I say
Imprinted in time.

Your sons and their daughters
Shall speak these words of mine.

Such a sobering thought:
My mistakes etched in time,

And that my triumphs inspire
Those greater than I.

My thoughts

My humor

My words

And my strife

All are imprints on others;
Muffled echoes of my life.

These imprints on generations unseen;
In them, a silent spark of me.

Perhaps I should guard
All that I say.

And measure my touch
On you today,

And forget not all of you
Generations away.

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