-- As Time Permits --

John Herlihy

-- As time permits –

To open our eyes

To see with open eyes

To see with seeing eyes

-- As time permits –

To close our eyes

To see with closed eyes

To see with inner eyes

-- As time permits –

To observe the day

To feel at home

To thrive under Heaven’s dome

-- As time permits –

To observe the night

To feel the haunting moon

To unravel the inscrutable stars

-- As time permits –

To take the world in hand

To marvel at the surface

To peal back the layers

-- As time permits –

To enter the moment

To witness the hours

To fulfill the days

-- As time permits –

To set fulfilling goals

To do one thing at a time

To meet our obligations

-- As time permits –

To walk courageously

To think clearly

To feel deeply

-- As time permits –

To better understand others

To better understand the world

To better understand myself

-- As time permits –

To enter the seasons

To wash in sheets of rain

To dress in flakes of snow

-- As time permits –

To awaken with the dawn

To settle with the dusk

To embrace the dark

-- As time permits –

To listen to the music

The smell the perfumes

To touch and be touched

To lay myself down

To see one last time

To close my eyes

-- As time permits –

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Wednesday 14 July 2021