LOOKING INTO TIMELESSNESS

Is this happening now, or a million years ago ?
A circle of rocks, the tallest crowned by a seagull;
The sea shivering in patches of blue,
And extending far . . . till it joins the sky,
The waves singing, the sun glittering,
And two cormorants skimming the surface on their way to another bay —
I have been here, looking out and seeing this for a thousand generations or so.
I turn the other way to face a moose munching on maple leaves,
And a little farther on I see
A little squirrel stuffing its cheeks with wild strawberries;
Only an occasional thought intrudes
To mark this day with its date stamp.
Scenes like this make one the past and the present,
For nature is timeless, and I am timeless.

~ Joseph Emet ~