Poised in time

Now in these golden moments poised in time

despite age and growing quantity of years

my mind an open window on the past

recalls selected scenes banishing errant fears.

*

How far I’ve come, experienced so much

stored deep now in the library of my mind

and just to think presents choices I may make

re-liveable in such depth for me to contemplate.

*

Now it seems I sense a wonder deeper different intent

permitting more enjoyment than at their first event

as if time has added its own surprising invention

bestowing them with distinct extra dimensions.

*

Some recollections sad maybe or too depressing

I filter out keep separate most of the time

knowing they’re there balances my considerations

imparting light and shade to the continuum of my life.

*

An insight now suggests humanity’s real aim

is above and beyond that of daily sustentation

our body a mere container of some unseen chrysalis

transforming more dare I say by inner revelation

of earth’s humanities special chosen destination.

*

Should I be wrong some critics surely will inform me

let them prove it, good on them if they can

I’ve merely used the things as man inherited

bestowed at birth, fulfilling part of the Designer’s plan.

*

So now in golden days still remaining to me

despite age and growing infirmity of years

I view with my enriched mind’s almost completed journey

reliving moments to cherish and to cheer.

*

Dennis Crompton © 1995

(first published www.denniscrompton.wordpress.com 2013)