time and hope

as the clock ticks, I swim through molasses of times gone by;

of dreams that were, of friends come and gone,
i wonder at the years that've rushed past, a blink of an eye,
so much time wasted in anger,
hours, days, months, years, wasted in bitterness,
pain and sorrow clung to, stubbornly.
why?
it's not just me. it's you too, it's every one of us.
so much time, so much life wasted on the petty and trivial,
so many hours when there was joy to be found,
a chuckle to let loose, shade to sit in.
time for a soul to learn to fly free.

today i take the time. For 10 minutes i will sit, and i will be. there will be no thoughts, no responsibilities, no dreams. just the here and now. and the silence in me.