time to let it be

time to let this restless sea

we’ve been sailing on

for far too long

time to let it be

sails are coming down

sails are lying on the ground

all tired and torn

all wasted, worn

sails are coming down

excerpt from “broken line”

Time is tricky.

Time is not always or entirely malleable.

Time can be the catalyst for change we did or did not need.

Back to the wall time.

Head over heels time.

Sit down and weep time.

Stand up and take note time.

“There is a time for everything” a cynical/philosophical soul once said (cue the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes) and maybe that’s right. The trick is perhaps in being able to recognise time’s demands – its pleasures and its pressures. And to respond in such a way as does not diminish what is dear…