In life time is always present And as each second ticks away A part of us is gone forever Until our final day. It’s said that time is constant And every second is the same – A day for me is a day for you. A fact that does not change. If this is so, it’s funny That in so many different ways Time seems ever changing As we live it every day. The sun comes up each morning, Giving all an equal start. But why is my day longer When I have a heavy heart? In joy the days are fleeting, Flying by us ten by ten, And it seems tomorrow’s comings Will never cease to end. The years of youth are longer Than those of older friends Whose perception is much different When looking from their end. Feeling well, the days are passing, Each one a new surprise, For the ill a day’s a lifetime, A forever in disguise. For love, time is but a moment, Lying together in the sun, Yet, how long each passing hour When apart from loving ones? For the heart knows no second, Nor hour of any kind, It just beats to the rhythm Of the body and the mind. “How long is time?” you ask me. “Is it a moment or forever, Or just a frame to live in As we walk through life together?” I believe that time’s a measure. One that varies in a way That depends on how we live it As we use each passing day. And that time alone is nothing Unless blending with the being. It needs a heart and soul to live And people are its meaning. With time and life in concert There is music ever flowing, For time that beats to living Is the melody of our growing. In life this song is sung As a harmony with a blending Of the ticking and the beating Till the day of final ending. So lend one ear to the ticking, But keep the other to the beat By living life the fullest As you trod along its street. Do not wait for days to fly by Or for moments to stand still, Love your life and what you’re living So life’s measure may be filled. Until the time when we are with Him – It may be short or it may be long, But it makes so little difference When your time in life’s a song. …………………By Ernie Hodson