Time

After much consideration
I have decided that, Time
is both longest and shortest
word in the dictionary...

so long, it can only be measured
in digestible fragments

so short, it takes only a careless moment
to end two lives – 

My thoughts go back to your accident:

How a second can sever like a scalpel,

terminating the lifeline connecting two hearts
with one fatal slice...

(two lives with one stroke of the clock – Tick Tock)

(Time, the infinite multiplier of joy and grief)

I know – Suck it up! Breathe the loss in and out
like Brahma! We are spiritual beings at our core;
someday to meet again on a plane of restored
bliss – where Time and Space give way to
eternal contentment and happiness – 

But,  “Have Faith” at the moment, seems hopelessly
entangled with my hourglass of other cliches: Just in
time. Out of time. In the nick of time. Time – all pasts
and the future of all presents, to be managed by
many, like myself, through their recurring lapses into
heartfelt Limbo.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Dietrich Avatar
May 21, 2021 at 4:26 PM
I feel your pain in this one. You expressed your feelings in your own way and I really like how you did it. Time sure does suck!! Even more, the grief and pain that comes with age (loss of many kinds of things, not just people).
DiMino Avatar
May 25, 2021 at 10:11 AM
Thank you, Andrea; have a beautiful day!
Rodrigues Avatar
May 21, 2021 at 8:37 AM
I don’t think anyone can suck it up, when loss is concerned. Some never recover from heartbreak. But perhaps if time is spent getting up, moving, seeking out others or letting them find you. Time indeed can multiply joy and grief and the greater joy will be when we reunite with loved ones. (Mom died last month) sigh...
DiMino Avatar
May 25, 2021 at 10:12 AM
One is forever changed, in both small and large ways. Blessings my friend!
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