Time and Perception

philosophical, spiritual poetry

Somewhere there are open seas

Waves more powerful than any man

Dolphins playing together

Never minding any schedule or

The time on the clock

Time is stopped …yet still moving

Relative to the perception of

The particular creature or living thing

Is it in the motion of time

that we live?

Or in the moments …that suspend itself…

Stopping the clocks…

and defying the rules,

that humans have designed

To try to contain, explain, manipulate,

rule over, control and reign…

Like a sword or a crude tool

Is time less powerful than the ocean?

Can we contain the waves 

Or make them stop moving the way they want to?

With all of our clocks, wristwatches,

calendars and planners

We have lost truth and importance

Priority, patience and resilience…

Compassion and empathy

Intimacy and detachment

There has been a delusion

Created by people we never met

And taught to our brains

Filed and coded into the subconscious

But it is wrong in important ways

The arrogance of man to define time

And attempt to rule over it

In such superficial ways

For time is not without us…

It is within and part of us…

Our reality is a perception

And perception is our reality

Each perception somewhat unique

yet the same

To separate and detach from this delusion…

Created by others who want to rule you

Control you, manipulate you

And own you…

Would be truly powerful…

Time is a perception

Beyond understanding and control

And yet…

Manipulated and controlled by your perception

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

Superb. Why we think we are so superior because we managed to drag ourselves to the top of the food chain is anyone's guess. As you say, we are possessed by possessions and want to own and control everything, and if that something just happens to be something we desire, it's destruction is most certainly assured. Will we ever learn?
Great write. Full of emotion and flows wonderfully. I picture this spoken in quiet tones, with brief lapses into higher tones, to emphasise the point.

[andrew mitchell]

Epic powerful poem which just show how stupid man is! Brilliant flow! What goes around comes around! Empty will be the hands of greed!

[gentlekindness]

Thank you for reading. I am glad you liked it.
Annie

[jesserose99]

oh my! how I have for ages longed for the words to express the very thing you have here but have lacked in the ability. I haven't been able to bring it across without worry of the science minded types eating me alive...and you have managed to wipe any 'man' made conception of time off to the side with such beauty. I have experienced time in a way different to any then can be explained, and this speaks to my heart in the deepest way. I thank you for your work!!

[gentlekindness]

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. I am glad this validated your feelings. Life and existence is far more vast than people tend to conceive of. There are limiting views that are taught to us. Our brains filter what we see, so that we scan for things that we believe are there...and miss things that are right in front of us....We cannot see them because they are not in our reality to believe.

If you relax some of the beliefs that were programmed into you, then you can be open to more possibilities and wondrous things.

Much love,
Annie

[jesserose99]

In 'time' maybe reality will change for us all. It sure has for me...but they call me crazy...lol

[gentlekindness]

Well, you may be crazy by the standards of the drones who live like worker bees, following what they are told without questioning it, and staying between the lines.
But coloring outside the lines is what the greatest minds have done. It is why we have great inventions, great art, and poetry and philosophy.
Galileo , Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Edgar Allen Poe...All the great thinkers went outside the lines. Galileo was locked into house arrest for being a heretic against the church because his ideas were not what everyone had been taught. Of course he turned out to be right.

You keep coloring outside the lines. There are people who will accept you for who you are. The others can suck grapes !

Much love,
Annie

[jesserose99]

Thanks Annie,

Your words bring me light and joy, and you are right on about the others and the grapes!!

[gentlekindness]

💜💕💃💃💜💕Sour grapes...LOL...💜💕💃💃💃💕💜

[Philip Muls]

Very true that time is a conception of the mind. The ego wants to escape the present by reminiscing in the past and anticipating the future. The only time that exists is now, the rest is mind fiction.

Good flow, nice poem, well done. Could you read mine.

[Dandelion]

It may sound cliché but it's important to stop and smell the roses, life passes too quickly.
Such eloquently stated wisdom in your words.

[Coyote Poetry]

I believe Nature is more powerful than man. Man think he controlled all things. Manipulated and controlled by perception. Just hope and wishes. I enjoyed the poem. Left a lot for the reader to ponder. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[gentlekindness]

Nature is powerful. We are a part of nature but to connect with nature we must show respect, as I know you would agree. Many men have lost the proper reverence for nature and its nurture as well as destructive power.
We are better to be in tune with nature to allow her to help us feel connected with a respect for all living things. Men can be arrogant and misguided but there is always hope :)
Thank you for taking the time to read my poems.
Nice to hear from you today. I was struggling through this day with very painful arthritis because of the rain outside. It was pulling on my mind to feel depressed. Interacting with the poets on here has been uplifting.
Thankful,
Annie

[Coyote Poetry]

Writing does help. Please send me read requests. I enjoy your work and I hope you feel better. I do a lot of the natural cures. Try some herbal rosemary in tea form. Help the blood flow. And you are welcome.

[gentlekindness]

OK I will pick up some herbal rosemary. Is this something I will find in the spice aisle at the grocery store? I like hot tea. I usually buy peach or the Celestial Seasonings variety box. I like blueberry, and I love orange spice because the smell is so calming to me.

[Coyote Poetry]

Herbal rosemary is strong. Wife, daughters and sisters used.

[gentlekindness]

I will find some. I wonder how old your daughters are. I have 2 teenage daughters. The youngest just turned into a teenager. I can hardly believe I have no children that are not younger than teen. Life continues and we pass on what we know hoping the next generation will not repeat our mistakes.

[Coyote Poetry]

My daughters are 30, 27 and 19.