Robert Drake's Immortal Lines

Cheeniya · Sep 23, 2025

*These Beautiful lines by Robert Drake are worth many a repeat…*
*Sometimes,*
I feel I want to go back in time...
_Not to change Things_, but to feel a couple of things twice..
*Sometimes,*
I wish I was a Baby for a while...
_Not to be walked in the pram_ but to see my Mother's smile..
*Sometimes,*
I wish I could go back to school...
_Not to become a Child_ but to spend more time with those friends, I never met after school..
*Sometimes,*
I wish I could be back in college...
_Not to be a Rebel_ but to really understand what I studied..
*Sometimes,*
I wish I was a Fresher at my work...
_Not to do less Work_ but to recall the joy of the first pay cheque..
*Sometimes,*
I wish my kids were younger....
_Not because they grew Fast_ but to play with them a bit more..
*Sometimes,*
I feel I still had some more time to live...
_Not to have a longer Life_ but to know what I could give to others..
*Since the times*
that are gone can never come back, let's enjoy the moments as we live them from now on, to the fullest..
*Let's Celebrate our Remaining Life....*

iyerviji · Sep 23, 2025

True. I miss Mumbai for everything but have to adjust..We have to live and enjoy the present

Thyagarajan · Sep 24, 2025

A super share and the short and sweet lines transport mind to my childhood, boyhood, adulthood and my present mood thanks to @Cheeniya sir and to the creator of these lovely and powerful lines.

Sometimes I think I too should endeavour to express my numerous feelings about my past in an anthology. Sometimes my mind dwells on such old themes though hackneyed.

These lines read slowly and contemplate with closed eyes helps visualise one’s glorious or depressed past. I doff my hat to Robert Drake wherever He is!

On similar lines a quote:
“One day we will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things we’ve always wanted to do. Do it NOW!”
You guessed it right once again.. it is from one of the books by Paolo Coelho.