Nairn Revisited
Age puts distance between present and past
connecting time present to time past so that
when we go outside to where wild things grow
all of us breathe and exhale time future.
Age is the measure of circumferences of the sun
so that all of us age at the same daily rate
although we may measure our age by our looks
and not go by what might be recorded in books.
Except time present is date time location stamped
by satellites passing unseen overhead so that
even at sea far from land in a sailboat or
on land far from a road you’re surveilled by a spy cam.
Entangled with your muse timeless and eternal
Age puts distance between present and past.
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
2024
(Nairn
Age puts distance between present and past
stretching lengths longer than any string
connecting time present in electricity
to time past in books made of paper pulped from trees
to photographs and film to ruins that outlast
time present time future wherever we can ping
For only at sea far from land in a sailboat
or on land far from a road can I imagine
sempiternal time’s wild attractions
alone with whatever weather sky apportions
alive that moment wearing not wasting time’s coat
unbuttoning time’s blouse I imagine
Entangled with my muse timeless and eternal
Age puts distance between present and past)
