Today we are all preoccupied with
The Before Times
Hoping to get transported back there
Wherever there might be
Some of us are even longing for
The Far Back Times
Of course those memories are often
based on hearsay
We are in fact still in The Pandemic Times
though seeming to work our way out
And then there’s the continuing
Racial Injustice Times
And also the Burning Times leading to the
Misogynistic Times
And now The Climate Crisis And Time of
The Sixth Extinction
We don’t have Time to be longing for the
Far Back Times or even
The Before Times
What we must do is see where we are now
And choose what we want our
Next Time to be
As individual souls
And soulful communities
And soul searching societies
Our Time is here