in the beginning, God created
time
so there was evening
and morning
that first day.
and on another day
with evening and morning
he created the sun and the moon and planets and stars
to mark days and seasons and years
so we could measure time
in trips around the sun
and in phases of the moon
and so out in the cosmos
he put time
but also here in my body
bleeding and starting again
he put time
and also here in my child
who always needs the next shoe size
and wakes up with new teeth
and runs where she used to walk
and climbs after her brother when she used to watch
so time is everywhere, it seems,
tethering us to the earth
and we measure and count and watch it go by
and we waste or spend or invest
we chafe at the speed it moves
or doesn’t move
as he makes all things beautiful, in their time
and all the while eternity, like a flower, is planted in our hearts.