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And The Time Is By Samuel Hazo We have come to the point of decision, and the hands of the clock say---be careful. We’ve learned from the past that our choices are one or the other or neither, and the hands of the clock say---be careful. We have readied ourselves for the challenge by weighing the odds and the chances of what will result from our choices, and the hands of the clock say---be hopeful. We’re not what we were when we started, and the hands of the clock say---it’s over. Our yesterdays lengthen like shadows that fade when we no longer cast them, and the hands of the clock say---it’s over. Despite what it brings to surprise us, we treasure each day in its passing though we know that we pass as it passes, and the hands of the clock say---discover. We sit on the porch every evening, and the hands of the clock say---be watchful. We study the leaves in their turning from green to vermillion to purple, and the hands of the clock say---be watchful. While we stare at the sky in its vastness and name every star in the distance, we dwindle to scale in the balance, and the hands of the clock say---be grateful. The dead come to life in our dreaming, and the hands of the clock say---remember. The words of a prophet keep haunting the ones who ignored him when living, and the hands of the clock say---remember. The world that we think is beyond us is neither behind nor around us but always within us, within us, and the hands of the clock say---forever. |