Child In Time

It is not that 'time slips through our fingers'
when we try to measure the process of longevity,
but more that time is real and our fingers
are part of it, more than we can feel or know.
Some of us felt time more, and felt it to be more gentle,
before wrist watches became the sign to us
to join the queue to become the fraught adults
that we hoped we never would become.  

The Hope Of Now

The more my life is planned for me in the longer term
the more shabby and insubstantial it feels.
Even when I take my chances I know they can't last,
which leaves me feeling nearly alive in the moment.