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Time is an Illusion

Time is an illusion, or so that’s what people say,
But there are days when it is firmly here to stay.
When it refuses to move forward, but just stands there,
Quite content to hang around, without the slightest care.
Sitting quite comfortably, refusing to budge,
Ignoring every effort to give it a nudge.

There are days when time just wants to go at a slow pace,
And will only move if you drag it around the place.
Barely putting one second in front of another,
Watch carefully, and some movement you will discover.
It will creep along, finally reaching the days end,
But sometimes it fools me, as it’s just gone round a bend.

There are days it keeps me company, by my side,
Happy to accompany me, and matching my stride.
Those days become a pleasure, as time just rolls along,
Within that moment of time, I happily belong.
It clearly stays within my view, such a joy to see,
Regardless of what I am doing, it is there with me.

But time can be an illusion, when it goes too fast,
I’m barely in the moment, before it goes racing past.
I can’t see where the time has gone, it left me behind,
Wherever it went to this day, I will never find.
I reach the end of the day, before it got started,
Time did briefly appear, and then quickly departed.

© Jenny Maryl

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages: 
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy  – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost 

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