present tense

trees know
they are meant to be
there is a saying
what is is
what was was
and what will be
will be
words
conjured
to be repeated
and believed

do we know time
is past a has been
or a future willed
to be
made real
still
the present tense
or is what was
never more
and what will be
just a matter
of knowing
we are
only
being
truthful
now(ing)

unwound

time is a fault
as space
and distance
from home
from love

who declared
its reason
for being
and who
turned back
the clock

where you were born
matters in kind
and in if you mind
there will
come a time

someone decides
in passing (time)
the past once was
the future will be
and now
just now
I am
forever …

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