Place in Time

In this place in time

Seasons turn, relentless

One to the next,

Ambivalent,

Belief in hope, eternal.

In this place in time

Going back to go forward

Bridges burned, connections spurned,

Everyone is right, most wrong,

Elusive moral peace.

In this place in time

Gain became paramount

Above and beyond together,

Self-indulgent, pinnacle seeking,

Power, disparages the other.

In this place in time

Reminisce, sailing on,

Seeing being with loved, dead,

Taxes from a few, unpaid, clever,

Trickle up, budget short-term, cut.

In this place in time

Ignore evidence so clear,

Let it all melt

Attend later, crises,

Habits hard to break.

In this place in time

Sunk in soft love, warmth,

Tension massaged away,

Emotion resting peacefully,

Dream dreams of plenty.

In this place in time

The singer sings, lament,

Lost life, living, dead,

Dowse gentle memories, vivid,

Hold near, forever remember.

In this place out of time

Listen to the children,

Future held, not forever,

Much to change,

Legacy passes on.

©️Steven Tubb, August 2020