Time Has Never Been a Focus

Time has never been a focus
of mine – speaking primarily of longevity –
A sense of being alive seeming to predate
my oldest memories;

I think of memory...more precisely, of dreams -- 
imagining journeys to far-off romantic places, 
along with those invented lands of
challenging climbs and horrific descents into
unrelenting madness...

I think of god – and how He appears to many of us
in our own recognizable ways...

I think of those masses of non believers – awake
only to the diminishing depths of surface presence...

while their science speaks of multiple dimensions,
they, themselves, appear captives of a shallow psyche,
with its own self-imposed span of limited existence...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Brewer Avatar
April 23, 2021 at 5:10 PM
Some perceptive, wise observations here, well summed up in the last stanza. Some love to quote: ‘SCIENCE’, yet defy scientific method applied to ALL of experience. Thanks for the mental stimulation, Joe.
DiMino Avatar
April 24, 2021 at 12:43 PM
Hi Geoffrey; thank you my friend. Have a great day!!
Wolf Avatar
April 17, 2021 at 8:12 PM
Interesting muse on longevity -- yours and others. Enjoyed, Joe!
DiMino Avatar
April 20, 2021 at 2:59 AM
Thank you, Gershon; have a great day my friend!
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