For David

new information
rewriting our histories
mapping some new land?

did we learn to love
at the mercy of the womb
what did you expect?

what did I expect
with the world consuming them?
did we expect time?

time in the speed age?
time, for more meaningful stuff?
time for praise, glory?

damaged by greed
getting ahead, moving on, go-
were we left behind?

left with broken dreams
left, mending ourselves slowly
outside history

or are we flowers
of some new garden to come-
rare exotic breeds

stronger in the storms
surviving an arid land
without a compass

what can we leave to
our children, our families
with this wealth of time

survival for some?
the fittest gets the big prize?
losers weep alone?

so, what about our time?
the road keeps moving
even if we stop

no one really cares-
so what do we make of life
trying to reach in

without much regret-
trying just to understand
our stop, this detour

are we going back
to find something we have missed
something that was lost?

back to the floating
immeasurable waters
back to the real gift