Here
13April 6, 2017 by petrujviljoen
Here, now, it is morning. Sunny and bright and a good day to all of you too. The earth continues on its axis, ever imperceptibly slowing yet fixed in its orbit, thank goodness, now there’s something to depend on. Yesterday was and tomorrow will be or so we hope. I think I am
content
contemplating light on water and probably I am but I know, I know. The past is waiting, lurking, biding its time to intrude and snatch me back into coils of confusion effectively wiping out the present moment so it never can be again,
quite like this.
Except I know, I think I also know, I can take into account things aren’t quite as it has been constructed. Leap years, leap seconds having to be added points to time as misconstrued, made to fit a paradigm to afford convenience. It’s one o’ clock I must be hungry.
A cross beam of light, unaccounted for, a mere intuition in that place where time has passed, slants across situational conditioning. I wait. And while I wait I look
around,
realising the pulse of earth and stone, adjusting the beat of my heart accordingly, creating space for insight. How to –yes – escape
the device.
Grace of the earth contains expected apprehension – patient yielding.
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Linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, hosted by Bjorn Rudberg.
Added links regarding research:
https://poetryoflight.org/2016/08/28/the-poetics-of-light-2/
petrujviljoen 
Great blogpost
You navigated the prompt of “time” with subtle grace, Petru…. in a beautifully inclusive poetic voice. I truly enjoyed the cadence as it unfolded.
Thanks for the inspiration/confirmation Jana.
I enjoyed it’s flowing movement especially the teasing of time.
Thanks Susan!
The tone in this is very nice – thoughtful. Those breaks in the line make for lovely grace notes as well. The rest of the poem flows like a river around them.
Wonderfully captivating, write 😀
Love the uncertainty you do, yet the movement is there, just as time move different at will.
I got to be good at guessing the ‘right’ time by watching the sun’s movement across the sky!
I really like the structure of your piece, the single-word structure make me stop and really feel what’s being said.
Thanks Magaly.
Wow! How fitting that you’re the last person to link – as I think this must surely be the last word on the subject! 🙂
Thanks Rosemary. So I made it through the gap – in time?