Remnants

Each moment can stretch

Unaffected by time’s knife-edge

Collecting all the remnants

Will pass as true penance

Time says it is a healer

As we heal, future gets leaner

The fast-approaching cliff

Can become a valuable gift

It teaches us the value of now

When we step aside we allow

Patient expressions wanting to flow

As they stagnate, the mind will grow

Not if the moment can stretch

Giving us what time can’t quench

No longer a biological remnant

Our freedom becomes transcendent