243: Let Us Take Our Time

We do everything quickly.

We walk quickly, eat quickly,

talk quickly, type quickly,

fall asleep and wake up

quickly.

What happened

to slow mornings

and long evenings?

What happened

to watching

the sunlight scatter

across the bedroom wall?

What happened

to watching

the stars rotate

while the moon

wanes and waxes?

Guilt washes over me

when I take my time.

When I refuse to rush.

But what does rush accomplish?

It is a waterfall of time

slipping by, impossible to grasp.

Time eludes us

somewhere up ahead

or far behind, crashing

past us as we crash with it.

So let us watch the sunlight play.

Let us listen

to the gentle shiver of stars

that might have died

lightyears away.

Let us cherish this here now,

before it burns around us.

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Written by: Katrine Hjulstad

Instagram: @katrinehjulstad

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