Zen Time

a challenge piece I feel compelled to post.

our march from birth to death

has something consistent other than breath

and just in order to complete the rhyme

I’ll tell you the persistent element is time

 

to early man, time was only real

from sunrise-to-sunset or from meal-to-meal

then mankind began to set goals

and discovered the nature of their true souls

 

time became measured and precise

and man began to pay a price

he learned to live life in a hurry

and soon was consumed by a lot of worry

 

seconds are steady and often slow

and counting them can make time flow

watching time pass is a sure way

to keep true satisfaction at bay

 

in order to make time work for me

I try to set my conscious mind free

of awareness of hours or minutes, 

knowing in this body we are just tenants

 

When I find I’m under the gun 

with a task that must be done

I can truly say it’s no hocus pocus

to develop a singular focus

 

When I look back at end of day

I’m always pleased if I can say

I was unaware of the time that passed

and I completed the task at last

Reviews

[Nick Erickson]

I found myself reading at a slow and peaceful pace from beginning to end, your words setting the tone.

"I try to set my conscious mind free
of awareness of hours or minutes,
knowing in this body we are just tenants"

Those lines spoke so wonderfully loud about life and how temporary it is, how much we need to treasure our time here.

Thank you & well done!!

[Courtney26]

I really enoyed this poem, keep up the great work!

[[untitled]]

Watching the clock is not one of my favorite passtimes and I LOVE Zen Philosophy! My husband was writing a book on Zen and the parables of Christ, unfortunately he could not finish it, but it was so interesting.
This particular piece should be framed and hung in every living room...not affecting the flow of Feng Shui of course! Anything or any idea that slows the rush to the panic button is OK by me...this is going into my favorites and I will feature it on my page as well...
Big Kudos for this wonderful piece Ed...
Helen :-)))

[James Takeo Panton]

simple and to the point
flows very softly and evenly

great stuff!

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

you know , reading this seems as if early man may have had the right idea.. this is a wonderful poem about time and how we can let it control us.. i enjoyed it very much ..

Chloe
xoxo

[Midnightshadow]

cooL! i really like this poem. it's awesome. i can never get mine to rhyme propperly. it mustv' taken ages. i like the lines "our march from birth to death, have something consistent other than breath."