How Commonly The Hour Swells...

How easily the mind wanders and wishes 

while hands tackle daily demands...like dishes

Sometimes, hurriedly I shake off suds and type like mad 

before Think turns into Thought I Had😔

How commonly the hour swells with hello’s impending farewells

How seamlessly the moments meld to a world forever withheld

How suddenly this breath-by-breath can be snuffed like a flame, by death

How tenderly laughter adheres its happiness to sorrow’s tears

How surely we begin to sense the advent of Something Immense

How soberly we ought to be preparing for eternity

How certainly we move toward the veil between man and His Lord

How abruptly these days of grace can disappear without a trace

How verily the hours flow to farewell’s impending hello

© Janet Martin

How habitually we pour tea

Perched on the brink of eternity...

How much more somberly as we age
Do we perceive time's fluttering page...

Unchanging - The Passing and the Abiding - Ravi Zacharias