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Eternity came calling
on me one day
with her childlike face
and her kind, ancient eyes.
She laughed at the way
I danced to the ticking
of a mere clock
and said in a voice
that tinkled like moon chimes,
“Come let me show you
the land of Right Now,
a place that’s free
from the chains of your time.
It’s a world where the sun
shines from truth’s eye
and the smile on my face
will fill you with peace.”
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I followed a minute
but then a loud whistle
stopped me in my tracks.
Tomorrow perhaps —
it was noon in the valley
and I would be late.
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I headed downhill
but turned to look back
at her beauty once more
and found she had vanished
into Everywhere.
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(c) 2020, 1969, 1965 Betty Hayes Albright
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Written in high school, 1965. Published in chapbook “Living Color”, 1976; previously posted here in 2014.
This is a newly revised version. I guess it’s about time! 😄
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