it occurred to me in this dream
that Life really is a dream
where Time reaches out to touch us
and in that desire and reaching
Time sends some energy in our direction
and spins us just a bit
because we are the Timekeepers
who make the dream alive
by accepting the gift of Time
it flows through our gears
winding through our clockwork
the flesh we use to
see the days
flowing like a river
endlessly to their destiny
and this communication
between us and Time
creates the ebb and flow of the oceans
as Time offers and we receive
when we start to wake from this dream
Reality will break through in fragments
and we’ll ask aloud
is this all there is for me
and Reality will break through entirely
as eyes open and truth revealed
you were doing your faithful duty
as Timekeepers
keeping the dream alive
the Creator’s dream
of loneliness
we are made somewhat in His image
and have a bit of that great loneliness
inside us
one of the many
pains to remind us
if we wish to be reminded
of the Creator’s aloneness
motionless in the Nothing
before there was Light
and the Darkness covered the Void
with Time waiting
for that cascade of moments
waiting to be born
in the Nothing
the Creator dreamt a dream
and the dream was this dream
in which creatures struggle
against the enemy named Time
they worshipped it or wasted it
but ultimately feared it
and the Darkness
it came from
curse the friction of Reality
against our fragile skin
as Time erodes us
one must wonder if the Creator
will need to create another Timepiece
this dream is falling apart
we keep this dream alive
not because we must
see meaning in the Cosmos
but because we might
add some meaning within it
by perfecting the parts we play
and because we are never
perfectly what we want to be
we reach out and swim
through the current Now
as the moments are needed
we reach for them and Time pours in
yet when reduced to dust
by the same gift
we complain
is this all there is for me
your faithful Timepiece
who kept your dream alive
this beautiful universe
by pulling Time through this sieve of flesh
until this horrible remainder
the Creator replies
yes
this is all there is for you
and it should be enough
for what choice have you had
and look to the sky
and see what was imagined
is it not worth
the pain
All of these skyscapes we experienced together.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. — Psalm 19:1
