three eternities(iˈtərnitē)

three eternities(iˈtərnitē)

past, future, present(priˈzent,ˈprezənt)

By Henry H. Walker

three eternities still pull at me:
the past sirens(ˈsīrən) story and memory to draw(drô) me back—nostalgia(näˈstaljə,nə-),
the future intrigues(ɪnˈtriɡ) me and the sureness of death can haunt me—
the world without me,
the present holds me in the moment,
and I can lose the sense of where I’ve been,
of where I might go, of anticipation(anˌtisəˈpāSHən) and consequence,

at our best we hold those three eternities with equal(ˈēkwəl) measure(ˈmeZHər),
a triangle(ˈtrīˌaNGgəl) is the most stable(ˈstābəl) of shape,
an equilateral(ˌekwə-,ˌēkwəˈlatərəl) triangle is the best,
but each line knows itself to be the longer, and better,

our challenge(ˈCHalənj) is to hold the whole,
and know each truth as true.

http://henryspoetry.blogspot.sg/2018/04/three-eternities.html