
Morning is guided
by alarms and stopwatches
living by increments
of fifteen or thirty
time to breathe
or time to think
time for coffee and a pause
minutes for health
and moments to create
before the buzzer sounds
structured in seconds and minutes
and hours
the days blur into one
while human nature longs
to follow the seasons
and dance to the rhythm
of different clocks – Caroline A. Slee