‘Time’s Vastness’

Time's Vastness

we are given time
with those we love
we are given rhyme
to express that love

how much more
is there
to cover the heart
in time
to understand
the rhyme

in words
we express
there could be
nothing less
then passing a test
of humble's duress

a moment
one single moment
where love's duress
is challenged

a small challenge
mixed in all the moments
taken
from one moment

is it fully done
can you undo the moment
or continue
to the next moment

time
the ultimate test
a heart
on the block
as goes the hands
on the clock

shhh, shhh
wishing it would stop
roll back
recover the moment
rewind the clock

but no, time moves
forward
regrets linger
as the opening and closing
of a finger
it steadies in front of us
lingers
like smells of perfume

time doesn't stand still
as, at times
feelings we feel

forever changing
as in this world
comes and goes
danger

open up to time
hear it in
rhythm and rhyme
as goes time
so does the rhyme

(January 10, 2024)—After I wrote this, which I’m not sure I wrote it at all. I know that sounds silly, but it sounded like it was fed to me. After, I heard, ‘Open the book,’ and Hosea 6:4-11, which in my Bible, it is titled ‘Repentance Short-Lived’.

I don’t doubt anymore when it comes to these writings. I listen then I write. Here no one was identified, so I’ll just leave it at that.

‘What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. Therefore, I cut you in pieces with My prophets, I killed you with the words of My mouth; My judgments flashed like lightning upon you. For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings. Like Adam, they have broken the covenant—they were unfaithful to Me there. Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood. As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled. ‘Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed.’—Hosea 6:4-11

The photograph David chose is from October 23, 2019: The Dragon and the All-Seeing Eye. There are letters in the sky. It is not for me to figure them out.