Spring Ahead, Fall Back - March 24 2023

 

Spring Ahead, Fall Back

March 24 2023

The clocks have changed.

The light is different.

The same complaints

as every spring.

My bedside clock

adjusts automatically

and caught me off guard,

awakening me

thick-mouthed and bleary-eyed

in unaccustomed dark.

The universe, though

did not spin faster

tilt a fraction

or pause expanding

to keep in sync;

indifferent, as always

to the petty squabbles

and breathless happenings

down here on earth.

So the sun burns

unchanged,

the planet turns

like clockwork,

and the galaxy

sails unstoppably through space

like some great majestic light show.

But we are still ruled by time, regardless.

Like money, another made up thing

we spend badly

and want more of.

Yet, like misers and hoarders

an entire hour

set aside for fall.