If Time Could Talk

If time could talk, what would it tell you

that it had been many places, seen many faces and shared many memories

that it had been scarred by the baron voids of this lifetime

that this day and age is remotely dislocated from the unity of past decades

that we have strayed far from the people we once were

If time could talk, would we walk toward the light?

Would we fight for what is right and stand up for the blemished?

Would we fold into this society and accept the morally bankrupt notions

and motions of the masses?

If time could talk, would you answer the call

or would you fall for the rhetoric of the divisive

those seeking stare decisis

those staking claims to false prophets

and making odes to the lining of this frail world order

If time could talk, would we listen

to its clamor for peace

to its enduring message of experience

If time could talk, we would all be better

not because of us but because of what we would learn

if only time could talk

Hector Santana, October 29, 2024