Tuesday 1 January 2019

Carpe Diem


Flwyddyn newydd da/ Happy new year

How do you  measure time
Greenwich Meantime? Business World?
Or Solstices, equinoxes, nature drifting, space time continual?
If you travel far enough in space for long enough
You will come back younger than world population,
Time equals personal perception that is always on the run
Sit down watch a good movie, see how world  passes quickly.
Sit with nothing to do, see the arms on the clock move very slowly.
Has the last year been a dream? When does dreaming switch to reality?
Ah the kindness that delivers, after the off-licence has shut
Soon the present will once again become the past,
Heading towards meltdown, oh no it's not that bad
Remember that life ebbs away ever so fast,
In synthesis of reality, hear the ticking of clocks
Everyday is precious in the cacaphony of existence,
As time moves on, a new year arrives
All of us the same, brittle as sand,
Keep defying the walls that divide
Racism, bigotry, fascism and greed,
Bury yesterdays despair, no point holding on to
Move forwards into paths unknown,
Sketch a future where we all co-exist
Seize the day, carpe diem,
Embrace all life's pleasures
Love and resistance,
Smoke pipes of peace
Let kindness blossom.

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