Sonnet 73

It is the couplet of this sonnet that really is the best part of the entire thing (actually I have noticed that about a lot of the sonnets).  The couplet is so powerful simply because it is true, when you know you are going to lose something within time, it makes you love it even more than before, or at least try to pay attention to it more. For example, someone who has a terminal illness and has been at odds with their family may suddenly reconnect with them because they know within time they will no longer have that opportunity. However it does sadden me because people who wait to show something or someone they love how they feel at the last possible minute could have done so many years prior, why does it take realizing that you may lose something to give it the kind of attention it deserves?