Construct of Time
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Universal time beyond
What we can comprehend
And we, a flicker of life
In something without end
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Only we hear the ticking
Our perception of life’s clock
As we hurl through endless space
On a five billion year old rock
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That knows nothing of time
Or how frantic our short lives
It holds no great urgency
For an end that never arrives
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It is sheer hubris to think
We leave behind a legacy
We are but a speck of ink
On a billion pages of history
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But time is what we built
To measure and report
The brevity of our lives
In our time so very short
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And within this construct
The second hand we chase
We rush to live fast enough
To win this human race
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commonsensiblyspeaking 
we tend to lose perspective so early on – so good to think about the reality every now and then
Thank you , Beth!
Oh, I love this! Time is one of my favorite subjects to discuss. I believe that time itself, before humans invented ways to measure it still existed. Take Dendrochronology, or tree-ring counting, for example. Humans might have figured out that the rings on the tree tell us how old the tree is, but the tree still creates those rings whether we are around to count them or not. Therefore, time exists, it is just not measured because nature has no need to measure it. We can learn a lot from nature.
I agree it is hubris to think we leave behind a legacy. In the grand scheme of things, we do not matter. The world existed long before humans arrived, and it will exist long after we are gone. I have learned to slow down a little. I would rather live my life in moments rather than the ticking of the clock. All things must come to an end, so we should enjoy them in the moments we have them rather than focusing on the expiration date. – There’s another “Tuesday Tidbit” for ya! Thank you for getting my juices flowing this morning!
Good to see we stirred some thoughts and feelings for you. Time is a beautiful subject and open to many interpretations. Reminds me of the age-old Zen question, “If a tree has rings and nobody counts them does it still make a noise”. 🤣
Hahaha!!! Oh, Brad, nobody makes me laugh like you do! 🤣🤣
Too many never realize the vastness of the universe and our relative insignificance therein.
Thank you, Liam. I would quite agree.
That 4th stanza… Gesh it got me thinking, as good poetry should 🙂
Thank you, Bree! You are too kind. Have a great day!