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Time

We do have time
Yet still no time to stand
No time to stare at His creation
No time to contemplate Man’s achievements
Bringing refreshment to the soul.

We do have time –
The child with his calculator and computer
The adolescent his motorbike and car
The housewife her gadgets and junk food
And man – a shorter week by far.
Does he use his time to learn of God’s creation
We do have time in abundance To ponder on the beauty of the scene.
But – Does he comprehend the changing seasons
Does the child stand and stare Whilst mesmerised by the television screen.
At the first flush of Spring,
An English meadow or a rushing stream. The adolescent, too, has time to spare
He loves the country and all that’s there –
Does he know the skylark from the blue-tit The commune, the festival, the CND march
Whilst staring at video games Stupidly believing
And the one-armed bandit. Cannabis Narcotics Drugs to be there.

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