lenten journal: savings sonnet

After staring at the screen for some time tonight, and with more important things to talk about, I’m sure, even as I grieve the loss of an hour’s sleep tonight, here is what I found:

the earth had a way of tilting it’s head

to set up the space for each season

a delicate dance a wonderful thread

from sunny to snowy to freezin’



the days first grew short and then they grew long

as the winter conceded to spring

but we have decided nature was wrong

a new seasonal schedule to bring



spring forward we said — move time up an hour

the change will make march days seem longer

there isn’t more sun — we don’t have that pow’r

we’ve just shown that our hubris is stronger



than our logical thought or common sense

as kids wait in the dark for their bus

why can we not live in this present tense

and stop winding ourselves in a fuss



this silly rhyme has one conclusion

we’re quite content with our delusion

Peace,

Milton