Michael E. Harris Poet Free verse

A WINDOW OF TIME

YOU PEER THROUGH THE WINDOW
IN SEARCH OF DIRECTION. 
ALL YOU SEE, IS YOUR OWN
REFLECTION.
WITH A ONE WAY GLASS 
YOU HAVE LIMITED SELECTION.

THEY'RE TWO SIDES TO A WINDOW ,
TWO DIFFERENT  DIRECTIONS.
SO NOW YOU HAVE ,
TWO DIFFERENT SELECTIONS.
THE QUESTION IS ,
ARE THERE 2 DIFFERENT 
REFLECTIONS ? 

INSIDE OUT ,
AND OUTSIDE IN .
THE QUESTION NOW ,
WHERE TO BEGIN ?

WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE  ,
WE LOOK BACK IN THE PAST
NEITHER MOMENT ,
SEEMS TO LAST.

BETWEEN TEN FIFTY NINE
AND ELEVEN O ONE ,
A MOMENT ARRIVES
AND THEN IT'S ALL  DONE.

FOR SIXTY WHOLE SECONDS ,
IT'S A POINT OF VIEW.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS
WHERE ARE YOU.?

ARE YOU IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW
LOOKING OUT ?
OR IN BACK OF THE WINDOW 
LOOKING IN ?
THE QUESTION REMAINS
WHERE TO BEGIN.?

IF TIME MOVES FORWARD ,
IT MUST ALSO MOVE BACK.
MOVING THROUGH TIME ,
WE MUST TIMELY KEEP TRACK.

IF IT HAPPENS BEFORE ,
IT MUST HAPPEN AGAIN.
NOW I'M  WAITING ,
FOR THAT  MOMENT AGAIN.

BETWEEN TEN FIFTY NINE
AND ELEVEN O ONE
THE MOMENT ARRIVES
AND TIME HAS BEGUN.

A LIFETIME OF CHANGES ,
IN THAT ONE MINUTE  OF TIME.
LOOKING OUT ,
FROM WITHIN SIDE THE MIND.

EACH SIDE OF THE GLASS ,
GIVE EQUAL REFLECTIONS ,
IN BETWEEN , ARE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS .

PASSING THROUGH TIME ,
IS LIKE PASSING  THROUGH GLASS.
WHAT GOES ON IN THE FUTURE ,
BEGINS IN THE PAST.

EVERY INSTANT HAS A REFLECTION 
AS IT TRAVELS IN TIME ,
IN EVERY DIRECTION
EVERY DIRECTION RADIATES  TIME
MORE THAN ENOUGH 
TO ABSORB WITH THE MIND.

EVERY MOMENT
IS A CREATION OF TIME. 
PEERING OUT FROM INSIDE THE MIND

EVERY MIND , HAS  A UNIVERSAL 
CONNECTION ,
PUPOSELY SEEN ,
IN OUR OWN REFLECTION.

Michael E.Harris
06232024

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