excerpts from an email to a friend

i think i'm learning lately, the value of time. when i was a kid i always thought it was slipping away. after graduation i wanted all the dating and stuff i'd missed out on in college. like an unguided missile, is how my thesis teacher put it. now its been a few years. keeping a steady job and friends... vacations... no phone... gardening.. reading.. i just wanna give everything time and love. like these stupid plants in my window lol they wont grow faster just cuz i want them too. i bought miracle gro. but nature's still what it is.