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
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
2024
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