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Time
we asked
a strange word,
that with meaning none to clear.
That's right, God said.
Here time is not, but soon will be-- down there.
Time is a minute, an hour, a day,
a week, a month, a year.
Time is part of eternity, frozen--
and always there.
For earth, you see is a school of sorts,
where you will go to learn
and you remain only a little time
before you must return.
But how will we know,
someone then asked,
just how much time we have?
And how can we tell when school is through,
and we return to you, at last?
Good questions, those.
Heavenly Father replied
and I will tell you here,
I'll give you age
that you may know
when time has passed down there,
A baby you'll start
with body new--
and time for you begins
through childhood, youth,
and then adult,
I'll give you weeks and years.
And as your schooling
nears its end,
it's time for you to leave,
I'll give you wrinkles,
aches and pains,
and other infirmities.
Thus you will know full well -
dear ones,
that your time on earth is through.
For age will be
your counting-clock
Aging--my gift to you.
-- Blaine M. Yorgason |
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