TIME If I had the time to find a place
And sit me down full face to face
With my better self, that stands no show
In my daily life that rushes so,
It might be then I would see my soul
Was stumbling still toward the shining goal-
I might be nerved by the thought sublime,
If I had the time! If I had the time to learn from you
How much for comfort my word would do;
And I told you then of my sudden will
To kiss your feet when I did you ill-
If the tears aback of the bravado
Could force their way and let you know-
Brothers, the souls of us all would chime,
If we had the time!
- Richard Burton