
Jessica Norman
Time
Updated: Apr 1, 2020
Another year old and not wise
Wishing to grow younger with age
as I watch time run past
outside the window.
Autumn overstayed its welcome
And Winter wouldn’t budge
Until suddenly Summer ambushed me
Caught me off-guard:
and dislodged me from myself.
Time heals,
only because it forgets
An extraordinary thing -
Filled with that much pain
I’m surprised we get up in the morning
And yet we do
Again and again.
Because:
Time is an ocean, Time is a train
Time is a dance, a marathon, a game,
Time is a song that others sing,
Time is seasons, wheels, trees
Time is their turning leaves,
And the pages of a book
You haven’t read
Time is colours
Time’s a rod, and a whip
Time’s a circle, it’s a kiss
But above all: it’s a gift
It’s all we have
It’s this.

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