Monday, November 19, 2012

Turning Back the Clock at Two A.M.

Some more thoughts about setting the clock back an hour in the fall.  (In the U.S. we do that at 2:00 A.M.  while other countries do it at 3:00 or 4:00.)

                                     
                  Turning Back the Clock at Two A.M.
                        means we relive one hour
                        every year when most of us

                        are asleep and unaware

                        whether we dream the same

                        dreams again or take the time

                        to start afresh with higher

                        hopes replacing faded fears.

                        and if we awoke beside
                        our soundly sleeping former

                        self, what would we dare whisper

                        in our ear: wake up and see

                        what you’re missing – or rest when

                        you can; the rising sun knows

                        only its own standard time.

                      
                       

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