Fleeting Time

The essence that time is fleeting is what drives the motivation of the narrator in "To His Coy Mistress." This feeling that although time is never-ending and ever-continuing in nature; for humans, time is more of a countdown clock of what is left, and every minute and every hour that goes by is one less that we now have. And then when you make it to the end, many will realize that it is not how many years of life you had that matters, it is how your life was spent in those years. So the narrator wants to enjoy his life by seizing the moment and living each day of his life to the fullest. But unfortunately for him his "Mistress" wants someone who will prove to her that their love is forever before she fully gives herself away.The narrator knows though that this is not possible, as he could never have enough time to prove that to her and life is too short to spend on something that might prove to just have been time wasted in the end. And there isn't enough time to let any go to waste, because time wasted is time lost, and it cannot be gained back. Time is precious, time is fleeting.