Tick Tock

Standing still or flying by
frozen in the blink of an eye
it always moves in ways
that aren't appropriate for our day

Too much to do
too little time
 In time the answers
will come to you

Time
flowing
growing
going
knowing
Time

Is it on my side?

It heals wounds
IT fades memories
It discovers answers
It distances friends and enemies

Sands of time shall run
Rivers of time shall flow

Is it on my side?
In time I guess I'll know.

Patience Please

Patience is a virtue

I have yet to master

I wait and I try to stay calm

but I get ahead of myself 

again and again.

When will this round of being patient

come to an end?

I am tired of waiting.

I am tired of staying positive.

I don't want to look on the bright side.

I can no longer hold my horses.

I want what I want and I want it

NOW!

Patience is a virtue

I have yet to master.

Patience is a virtue

I have yet to master.

Patience is a virtue

I have yet to master.

I want it now, but I know

it's not coming

until good time.

It will arrive when I least expect it.

Just give it time.

Please Hold

Your call is important to us, please hold

sounds like a lie.

I've heard it far too many times.

Nothing has changed.

The static state remains the same.

Your call is important to us, please hold.

Has it been minutes, months or years?

I can no longer tell.

I've been on hold so long

I can't even hear what passes for music

in this place.

Your call is important to us, please hold.

How much longer should I wait?

I need my issue fixed

but limbo is where I seem destined to wait.

Nothing has changed.

How long is this supposed to take?

Your call is important to us, please hold.

Mechanical , perfunctory, reassurance that eventually

what I need will be resolved.

I hold on because I want to

but I am losing hope

It's the same flat note

I've heard it far too many times.

Nothing has changed.

The static state remains the same.

Your call is important to us, please hold

sounds like a lie.

Small Steps

Small steps.

Rebuilding habits

Lost for a while

returning to now.

Not quite sure of

how to proceed,

Will figure it out.

Will figure it out.

Undone

We always focus on

What’s left undone:

Dishes in the sink

Errands to run

We always focus on

What’s left undone:

Words we should have said

Finding that perfect someone

We always focus on

What’s left undone

Pounds we need to lose

Miles we need to run.

We need to refocus

We need to rethink

We need to know that

Now is to live and play

That tomorrow is another day.

Focus not on what’s undone

But was done instead

Meals eaten, smiles given,

Plays seen, laughing and singing

Conversations spoken

Trips taken

What’s undone

Can be done

But for now

It’s just undone