"Hold On Before They’re Gone"

I was sitting the other day, just thinking & thinking about the situations people go through, the regrets they carry, and the words left unspoken. And it made me realize something: time doesn’t wait. It moves forward, without pause, without mercy.

We often take the people around us for granted. We assume they will always be there tomorrow, next week, next year. But life has a way of reminding us sometimes it gets too late that love, care, and connection should never be postponed.

So, I decided to put these thoughts into poetry, because poetry has a way of reaching hearts in ways plain words sometimes can’t. I wanted to write something that makes us all stop and reflect before regret takes the place of love, before distance replaces closeness.

This poem, “Hold On Before They’re Gone,” is a reminder to cherish the people we have today. To listen, to understand, and to hold on before time takes them too far away.

You saw them as a burden, a problem too deep, blamed them for every wound you chose to keep. But time steals quietly, without a sound, and all that remains is regret unbound.

You never heard their silent screams, never saw the tears in their dreams. You thought they would always stay, but fate never promises another day.

Now they’re gone, yet their echoes remain, haunting your nights, whispering your name. The words you once used to tear them apart, now cut through your own fragile heart.

What’s here today may fade tomorrow, what’s close now may drown in sorrow. Before time takes them far away, hold on to love don’t let it stray.