Cramming for Finals (an AWDL GYWYDD)

I breathe deep her unique scent

A fragrance sent, parts of she

Taking time to note them well

Before the knell tolls for me

Too busy to notice all

The things that fall in my way

That I step over blindly

That try so kindly to say:

"Stop, stare, breathe, hear, recognize!"

All the clued cries fast passed on

I should have savored them all

So to recall dear life through

Now I'm inert in wonders

To the thunders I heard not

Life's each microtomed moment

Each component my blind spot

My panic is desperate

I've no respite, such gems missed

Never get them back again

Forever, then, erst dismissed

Worthwhile ways to live life all

Requires stalling each time

Loving life with dissecting

For collecting the sublime

Now I'm cramming for finals

Photos equal my Bible

Can't appraise my life when done

My moments unplaceable