" Wait a minute!"

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute

Once held meaning in the past.

Most youngster of today however,

never would have last.

Wait a minute

meant be patient, for soon you’ll have your way.

Todays young seek gratification

with little or no delay.

Wait a minute

meant moms were buying a little time,

Trying to teach these youngsters patience.

But now that’s just a crime.

Wait a minute,

meant you’d have to wait for your food to cook through,

more than just a minute of course.

Yet today that’s no longer true,

dinner is served at the local drive-through.

Wait a minute,

meant waiting to check-out at the grocery store,

no, no, not anymore.

Just do it yourself, there is no wait,

That’s the quickest way out the door.

Wait a minute,

meant sometimes listening to a busy dial tone,

youngsters of today, this they have never known.

For all of them now have a flashy smart-phone!

Wait a minute,

is surely a thing of the past,

Sadly our lives already go by way too fast,

So take the time to teach your children

“ to take a minute and make it last!”