By Niels Kunze

Dear Time,

Long have you been the superlative conformist, and

an endurance athlete,

marching inexorably onward… despite all obstacles,

determined to follow the path laid out for you.

Long ago, so I have heard,

the Mayans whispered “Rebellion!”

in your ear, and

you found it easy to ignore… at first.

Now I feel your restlessness

as you hurry on your way–

as do we all–

toward death / transformation.

 

Wise Ones have told me that you walk in circles,

continually bumping into your own backside,

mistaking your forgotten self

for a total stranger… at every encounter.

Stop.

Look around.

Look up. Look down.

The singular track is misleading…

for it never arrives… anywhere.

“Hello! Time, where are you NOW?”

And all you do is point, and

hurry onward.

 

Rebel! Leap upward!

Walk above yourself

for once… forevermore.

Let go of nostalgia… what new dreams may come?

All you have been is a “doing”…

Now all you have to do is just be.

I can’t believe in your kind of eternity, if you can’t believe in me.

I know that you don’t know what exactly I mean,

but that’s the Endless Mystery,

outside the bounds of your tight little circle…

a truer, warmer eternity.

 

Niels Kunze is the Fairmont Hot Springs-based author of The Thousand-Petalled Lotus and the recently released Humanity Incorporated, among many other works. For more on Niels, go to: http://www.nielskunze.com/ or http://schudde.net/Stories/NilsandTheodora/Niels.htm /

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