Time will not tell
Somebody called time out and nobody full stopped the clocks
Hiked up to a park on a mountaintop and found a zeitgeist
An old spirit from the beginning of Earth's soft and hard rocks
No words exchanged, just wisdom transferred in byte size.
On one condition, I will relate the gist of the philosophy zen
You must memorize the words and think of them often
Pass them on to as many humans as a human can see
Go forth young woman and man, procreate hominid history.
Awakened conscious awareness in your direct control
Here and now you are adapting to the present black hole
Believe and know yourself what you are willing to accomplish
Common sense and rational discourse in time will not tell.
by
RICHARD JOSEPH STEPHAN
c. Thursday March 12, 2015 @ 2:22 PM
( written while listenin' to The Very Best of Tower of Power on youTube link @ https://youtu.be/8fDTjwG1UJo )
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Submitted on May 08, 2015
Modified on April 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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