It's Within Those Precious Ten Minutes

where we all live.
But when you know
to fill the fleeting seconds
with all you have to give,
you notice the effects of
focus'd awareness outside
and within.
It's those precious ten minutes,
that move so quick.
You have to keep up,
and shrugging off thoughts of boredom
and impulsive whim
will present the world with intense depth,
no longer noticing with a skim,
a glance,
no longer delicate with this life's skin
     - egg shell thin.
But knuckle deep in what's surrounding,
with eyes agape,
angled and funneling,
pouring exhiliration deep into our being.

So don't wait for what's next,
but act with a passion
to make these memories stick.
It's those precious ten minutes
where the ticks begin to whirl too quick,
and that buzz you hear
year after year,
will finally make you sick.

The time we share
with humanity right here
will one day take it's toll,
so stall that illness' call,
and remember what once was
then go there
when you need fond nostalgia
 - it's the only cure for whizzing clocks
until our time finally stops.


Jordan R Shaver 07.22.2012