Oh how foolish one can become

within the pathetic length of ten seconds

before our eyes within an hour

and such a short amount of time

but yet an carry within it's hand so much power

 

How so rapidly does it fade

so far away without a trace

as it appears and then disappears within a flash

how very quickly does it approach

and so suddenly does it attack

and then retreat leaving devastation in it's path

 

How unpredictable it can be, without warming or no alarm

never expected or never planned within our minds

how very deeply does it reside 

within the carves of our past

where man will search with all diligence and never find

 

Those very seconds that have vanished

yet left behind so much pain

though only measured in comparison to a blink

for how short was the time 

but yet so greatly was the cost

of not using those ten seconds

just to THINK.