Time perhaps, for wonder – <br />to look around in awe <br />at how all that surrounds us <br />has somehow come about.. <br />we who do not even know <br />how to grow a fingernail… <br /> <br />time perhaps, for gratitude – <br />for what we have already, <br />forgetting for a moment, our desires… <br />we who have forgotten <br />whom or how to thank.. <br /> <br />time perhaps, for praise – <br />if not the Lawyer, praise the laws… <br />if not the lover, praise the love… <br />we who might become <br />praiseworthy through our praise… <br /> <br />time perhaps, for imagination – <br />to consider how things might be, <br />for then they might become… <br />we who have the world itself <br />inside us, just as much as that <br />great cosmos that’s out there… <br /> <br />time perhaps, for simplicity – <br />to pare life down to those things <br />which give us greatest joy – <br />and then, enjoy them all the more… <br />we who love complexity <br />when masquerading as the new… <br /> <br />time perhaps, for time – <br />to live a measured calm <br />of stillness, peace and rest <br />and find the joy there all the time … <br />we who ceaselessly invent <br />the labour-saving, and then find <br />ourselves a slave to these new toys… <br /> <br />time perhaps, to transcend time – <br />and live a timely life <br />of timeless joy; and know then, <br />all that’s not been mentioned here… <br />we who have yet to know <br />what human beings really are…<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/time-perhaps/
