Time is given - time is measured
time is short  and yet we can stretch it out
if we are aware - know what we are about
touch the quick that time's threads spin in air
catch them - tame them - for they are everywhere
sense the spaces in between
swim right through them as if you dream
meditating on the theme
of something that isn't really there

stilled in a view of sky and sea and land - you'll understand
relativity stood on end - if end it has
as that too is an idea - as much else in our lives
we think we've grasped the wand that takes us to the beyond
far and wide - when
all the time we're sitting here
on this wooden chair
watching naked time in her despair

Margaret Ann Waddicor 28th January 2016