Friday, August 13, 2010

Ecclesiastes 8



Life goes on regardless,
cuts Time through and through
with a long sword and removes its heart,
then lets it pass, finding no interest there:
a long, dull ticking sound, crying out
"Hurry!" and "Stop!"


A very good mantra: one footfall
ringing along tree paths.
It does not speed or slow;
a thing that dies without fading.



2 comments:

  1. This evokes courage in the face of the seeming monotony and futility of life. I especially like the line "a thing that dies without fading".

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  2. Time feels like such an enemy, day in and day out. With everything we have to do, all our responsibilities and pleasures, it seems to work against us.

    I honestly don't get this poem at all, but it makes me feel more at peace with the concept of time as a whole. I appreciate that I have a framework to live in that I understand and that holds me accountable. Perseverance one step at a time. Time. It's all good.

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