A Brief Discourse

[pinerow]

A Brief Discourse
© Ramon Piñero 2/23/04


My;
Time travels so
quickly when
one has so very
very little
of it to
spare.

The days spent
daydreaming
seem so
wasteful’
now
that I have
a clear view
unhindered
by that youthful
gauze
that covered
my eyes
for so very
long.

I wonder
where all
that time
disappeared
to.

One minute
we played
King of the Hill
on the freshly
plowed snow
on the streets
of the Bronx.
Or perhaps
wondered
with awe
when looking
down Fifth Avenue
Before the snow
turned to
brown and yellow
slush,
or when the ice
made the
sidewalks
as slippery
as fresh-blown
glass.

When we were
children
Christmas
took so long
to arrive,
and the last
day of school
seemed so
very far
away.
and finally
leaving home
was an
eternity
from there.

Then we
grew up..


Time was
on warp
drive.

Married
with
children
who grow
up
at the
speed of light
and have
children of
their own.

The horizon
looms larger
as we get closer
and closer
and
Time
can’t or won’t
slow down.

Our yesterdays’
seem further
and further
away,
distant
and cloudy
as if
we are
looking
back with
gauze
covering
our eyes,

My,
time seems
short
and there is
so much
more
to do.

[Droopy]

1. Time is short indeed

That's what all the old folks say, anyway. I'm taking their word for it and living it up while I can. But even then it goes by quickly. I'll have fond memories when I am old at least.

There's no stopping it. I just pray that there is something on the other side.

Thanks for the thought provoking poem, pinerow.

[KaliTracy]

2. indeed... it does tend to speed up on us.

A gauze covering the eyes is an image that can have many layers -- as if something else, with time, is clouding up the vision....

thanks for the poem

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. I feel the passage of time

bearing down on me every single day

but there are friends an family to be with, music to hear , books to read , and wonderful things to see

so I just keep on a keepin' on

[KaliTracy]

4. you also have visions and ideas to share... which in turn allows others

to learn from you as you learn from them...