Time

The smoke
From my cigar floats
On the evening breeze
A distant thunder rumbles
Heat lightning flashes like
Forgotten love or
Fading regret
A day lived well
Lazy and unplanned
It has taken years, miles
Hard and unexpected
To see this
A young man
Unaware and flimsy
Once walked with me
Now
I smoke
Knowing that
Time does not fly by always
It sometimes waits
Passing slowly
Asking only that
We notice
And savor its passing

dg

9/6/11