Time and Distance

Time and Distance


Time and distance are irrelevant
When the heart beats and memories live
When one can communicate at light speed
And warm the hearth of sentiments
When one retreats to a place of leisure and pleasure
These paused by the necessity of sleep


Time and distance are irrelevant
To an old man standing by his beloved´s grave
Remembering her not as on her death bed
Rather in the prime of her beauty
Her face flushed with the glow of lovemaking
Her lips a rosy hue from his impassioned kisses


Time and distance are irrelevant
As I walk without a watch or cell phone
I simply carry a book, and lip gloss
I forget which date it is as time seems to crawl
My whims dictate my moves…not a clock
I´ve changed...I can be an automaton no more


When time is irrelevant the stress level is nulled
When one travels just that so far for a spectacular meal
Or to embrace a good friend once again
Or steps back in time in a place imbued with history
To realize how much easier things are now
Yet reminded that gentility and values are almost extinct


Time and distance are irrelevant
When one realizes that life travels in full circles
When one builds a legacy for future generations
If one dares to carry the torch ignited by our ancestors
Surely from above a nod of approval to fuel one´s courage
Until we meet yet again in another plane