Our Glass

AND

it’s not the minute
not an exact pinpointed moment of time

NO

it’s every minute leading
up to it.

The time taken up--

plotting
planning
doing
being
breathing

THE MINUTE

it’s not a thing
it’s really nothing

NO

it’s a grain of sand--
one small grain
among many
piled up like toy soldiers
on the floor.

AND YET

that one small speck of time --
with hyper focus
we wait.
and wait,
perhaps
at the cost of
other important moments
and
possibilities.

AND THEN

that one moment
and all the others
are gone.