Eagerness I've set aside
I no longer rush. The stream
of life flows as it may my way
inexorably--it chooses its scheme-
all that I could do is to live in contingency
by the moment and day-

time with its omniscient eyes
is the eternal sentinel that won't go away
its task is to silently watch and survey
to the human drama no words does it say
the path I tread is my own volition
for nothing need I to pray-

glory there was and will be
but all that is, is transitory
fragility is the unchangeable key-

sinking moments,  breath-holding-
rainstorms and threatening clouds
across the tumultuous human sea--
we live mostly in sorrow and doubts
our commonly shared destiny
but hold on to our liberty with dignity

yet my ground
I hold fearlessly
as I tread through
life's roughest territory