Having the Time of Our Life

Time ticks away,

like a stopwatch,

tick, tick, tick— 

until the end is made clear.

Precious like the gold watch,

marking the end of a career,

or possibly a sturdy Timex 

that does the job well,

without a thought or a care.

The beat of time is steady,

as it ticks on in our awe,

or with our fear, marking grief 

for our loss before it is near.

It is said, “Time marches on.”

The body knows this to be true,

while spirit dances free,

released from the beat, 

the measured cadence,

of tick, tock, tick.

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”

Albert Einstein

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”

Charles Schultz

“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”

St. Augustine

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