Of the Essence

Time is of the essence as we all know

There's life and death with often few legacies to show.

We focus solely on reaching a goal it promotes drive that enables a sense of time:

Beginning, progression and eventually an end.

But the more we focus on such a goal the less time we have

Blind sighted by the end, we start at the beginning;

Our senses open to new opportunities and our mind only dreaming of greater possibilities,

We skip progression as we remain in a state of awe at the what if's and I can's.

Self development is limited so time is not used wisely, it is a countdown to mark stages in life.

Most of which are left unachieved as time also provides us with confidence

It is an element taken for granted and cast aside.

There will always be tomorrow to live out that dream

Until there isn't which comes as a surprise as that had not been part of the prewritten plan...

Maybe not the one we had written but definitely the one written for us.

You see time is guaranteed... but not the amount of it.

Hence its power, we live by it almost obsessively, taking the here and now approach

We find ourselves living less in the shadows of the what if's and more in the light of the oh no's.

Time is definitely powerful but we seize to acknowledge other eternal elements like love;

An emotion not defeated by the ticking hands of a clock or changes in the season

But one maintained through words, stories, and memories

Love outlives an ending.

An innate emotion...

A predisposition that does not rely on the social construct of time

And allows for the state of progression.

Love lives by its own rules and we should live by it

As it is not time that is of the essence but it also.

For love will live on even though our individual ability to love will not

Time is all consuming but we should not become consumed by it...

Life is a celebration one not to be taken for granted

But also not to be lived as if it were borrowed.

Time and love are interconnected,

They should be respected as they are both far greater than credible understanding.