Ode to my friend, Time

Dear time,

 How enjoyable you are! You alwayss make me laugh or cry. You go so fast that I can't catch or stop you. You give all living things love and sorrow. You run so that people be born and live. You run so that people can die and make new generations.

 Don't you feel bored sometimes? I asked you this question because you keep running forever. Aren't you tired? I am so thankful to you that you made me born, live and laugh. You made me friends as I grew up. However, you sometimes make me sad. As you run, my family and friends get older. You make people die, which is a huge tragedy. You somehow will make those who I love die. That's why I want to stop you sometimes and make you disappear from everyone's life.

Why can't you stop running? It's good for all! I know that it's your destiny. Did god make you run always? I heard about this greek myth that Pandora, a woman opened a a box and many bad things came out such as death and sorrow. It said that you came out too. However, these sorrow make me stronger and courageous by making me experience many sorrowful and enjoyable events. I have lived for only 13 years, but it feels like that only about 3years have past. Maybe that's becauseI forgot a lot of events that happened in my life.

Time, who are you? Are you a living thing? Do you have any family or friends? There are a lot of mysteries that people don't know. Some people hate you. But I feel thankful to you. The best prize you gave in my life is making me as a human being. Thanks for making me the most intelligent living thing on Earth, which is human. Maybe the Earth was made because of you too! Maybe everything started from you!! Somehow and someday I will die. I can't live forever, right? I thought it was unfair, but I got to know the purpose. People die for their next generations. For our sons and daughters. Thank you time, for everything I own and for everything I love. Again, thank you.

         Sincerely,

a human being

who repects time

Harold Cho