The movement of time so impedes our plans, it moves – way too fast – or moves way too slow
There’s never enough time to get anywhere – but we must wait for forever – before we can go
If only time would work with us, we could live our lives in the gain of more – instead of less
We could fulfill our heart’s every desire – prosper – be in excellent health – and have no stress
If only time would tell the hours, or days, or months, or years, stop or go – and act just for me
I could spend more or less time – here or there – and I would choose the time to begin eternity
O foolish mental gestures, clouded motions of mind – stemming from the ego’s selfish voice
Straight from that, that says, I am you and you are me … as if there is no other way – or choice
Ego’s plan to feed just flesh, denies the higher existence – of the one above who feeds the soul
The “I” of body is not the “I” of soul – when consciously understood – and spirit mends the goal
It’s not difficult to find your place in time, if the moments are too fast – reckon then by the day
To speed things up – count seconds on the fly, if the days are too long let the years – demo a way
Precept upon precept makes seconds by sixty; precept upon precept makes moments the same
Line upon line reveals month after month; the twelve mark the boundary and set the year’s reign
Line upon line is as year after year; decades, and centuries, and millennia unfolding their view
Ages give way to eons ago, and the precept of time stands still – and speaks its mysteries to you
The time circle has each degree marked in kind, and so it is easy to find your exact place in time
It’s you moving, either fast or slow … a little here and a little there … to know stern and benign
Contentment should accompany your findings now, with the mystery of Godliness within range
Perchance the soul’s journey has left you confused – simply adjust direction – make the change
For each day holds stern and benign, to curse or bless, deliberately, measurably, given by shade
The precept of time obligingly brought you here – accommodating each decision you’ve made
There is place for redemption, just as a place for mistake – in the circle … in the precept of time
To know where wisdom joins their beginning and end is a place in time … in the precept of time
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Poem #85 | Written November 12, 2011
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