I couldn’t find the time
He lost it
An hour here
A few minutes there
She wasted some
And they had plenty
But lost track of it
Minutes seem forever
And years fly by too fast
Winging over every major transitory
Demarcation
It’s been forever
We say
As the clock ticks
Misplaced
Displaced
We want more at times
And less at others
In all the striving
Rushed and waiting
Circling what’s important
Without touching it
Breathing light and fast
Hurried and worried
Until
The moment crashes into time
We can see it splintering
Fragments of our most important
Memories
Sheared off hopes flung far and wide
We let go
We let go
Of what was
Of what might be
This one deep breath
Immediacy
A patient certitude
A tender gratitude
Life
Life is now
