Guidance – Page 941 – quantoem poems

backwards in timE

backwards in timE

Consider, consider
living backwards in time
All life’s experiences
hung on a clothesline

Some are still wet
dripping to dry
Others are light
and in the breeze fly

To the wet ones
we re-visit waiting to see
how long it will take
to dry and be free

Backwards thru time
assessing the mix
A few heavy experiences
weighting for a fix

Commune with the energies
the wind and the air
Commune with the fire
and the warmth it can bear

Elemental solutions
to dry out our wet
Once the line’s dry
freedom we get

Consider, consider
now living backwards in time
from the last of life’s experiences
go back down the line

Remove them and stack them
gently put them away
and at the end of the line
start a new day

gagi 03/31/14

Sleep

Quiet
Rest
Sleep
Enter the dreamtime

let go
let go
quiet the mind

gagi 03/31/14

Passing Time

How did we once
measure passing time?
The sun cast a shadow
on stone of lime

A semi-circle of shadow
marked the time that was light
The stars and the Moon
showed the way at night

Time then was measured
into units for plans
A slow dripping vessel
An hourglass of sand

Then came the clock
with its tick and its tock
and circular face
and its arms to trace

A pattern of hours
Either 24 or twelve
and further into mechanisms
we soon would delve

Pocket, then wristwatches
Clocks in a town square
Always the emphasis
on time, be aware

Wake up and get up
There were alarms to disarm
And then a new concept
the digital farm

Time no longer circular
The numbers would repeat
Numbered cycles of time
What would that create?

A messaging system
from the realms of unknown
333s and 1111s to remind us
we were not alone

Time now feels fluid
There’s a blur to the past
Is time collapsing?
A freedom at last?

What is our future
or is that a concept of time?
How will we function
off the linear line?

Who knows the answer
and we know all too well
Someone will say
only time will tell!

gagi 03/31/14