Between the Waters

Slipping Away

Posted by: EarlB, 11:18 PM GMT on August 26, 2012

Slipping away
Are the daylight minutes.
Soon enough we'll count the hours
That have gone by,
Over to the darker side.

It's easier and easier
To contemplate
The year's ending as it nears.
So many minutes, hours, and years
Have slipped away this same way.

Because we don't live a ledger,
There's no accounting
Of what we've done with time or life:
We just do,
And do, and do.

So, welcome the darkening,
The year's cooling.
Welcome it with open arms
And a warming hearth,
And then start all over again.

Updated: 11:56 AM GMT on September 09, 2012

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Circles

Posted by: EarlB, 11:51 AM GMT on August 12, 2012

We are one,
Earth and Sky
With no beginning,
No end.

The hands we hold
Are made of water,
Visible in the rain,
Seen in a morning's
Blue haze
As plant's exhale.

Lovers.
We tumble between
Sky and Earth,
We are one.