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Taking Time
March 24, 2015
we measure out our lives
in bells and whistles
in the ticking of a clock
instead of in the space between thoughts
and thoughts
we measure out our lives
in long or short
instead of deep and shallow
we measure out our lives
and then all we have
is a measuring stick
when we die.
© Treza R., Kalispell, MT
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we all compartimentalize our lives with meaningless structures and fail to pay attention to the real indecators of time and the truly important things in life. Before we know it weve wasted out whole lives this way. how you spend a day is how you spend a life