Something fell on
other side,
something enormous,
monstrous.
It rumbled
and roared.
It banged
and clanged
and settled
immeasurable
weight,
shifting the entirety
of here
and now.
It started a fire
an inferno,
smoke
and flame bellowed from
the spirit
of God,
leaving no ashes
to define.
The Other Side
by Doug Draime



Photograph: National Park Service
Time Warrior



Allegory of Time - Johann Heinrich Schonfeld (1609-1683)
You can't help but
leave something
in the space
in which you breathe,
by the way you
inhabit it. You move on
the space remains,
something of you
remains. Time means
nothing in this
equation. Time takes
your mortal life,
devours your grace,
your soul.
And you must question this,
as you must
question everything.
For you are meant
to inhabit and dominate
space, a conqueror of time,
not a victim of it.
12/04/05