When time becomes a threshold

It happens every time when time becomes a threshold;
suddenly, there you are, staring into the eyes of a major change
that stares back at you like a reflection you cannot turn away from.

You do not welcome it in, and it does not invite you out -
strangers you are, somehow, and yet, intrinsically familiar
to one another, feature by feature;

Yes, there you are, and there it is, quite simply -
neither friends nor foes.

And yes, you realize that it is just the new face of you -
the one you will have to face from now on;

And the threshold – quite simply -
becomes time again.

-- © 2007 Alexandra* ~ OneLight*®

Dear friends, fellow authors, and readers:
During the last few days, time has indeed become a threshold. My mother has just been diagnosed with cancer, and serious health problems have also been affecting my father for a while, so… here we are, “staring into the eyes of major changes”, and getting adjusted to this “new face of us, the one we will have to face from now on”. While doing so, and while “the threshold becomes time again”, our spirits are high, “the new face of us” is turned to the light… and, hey, there is a smile on it!
Love you all! {{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}

Alexandra