Someday, we will be astonished to find
that the time we worked so hard to save
with our rushing ahead to the next,
and the next, and the next....
is not there for us
like an old cigar box full of cash
buried in the backyard.
It’s gone, gone, gone
and no thief in sight.
It can’t be saved, or spent
and it’s never there
but always here
if it’s anywhere at all.