Saturday, March 21, 2009

How Long Is Forever

This is one of my poems from high school, my Senior year, 1963.

How Long Is Forever?

How long is forever?
Infinity means forever.
A vast, endless plain of time
Spreading out over centuries,
Spreading out over eons.

Two people say, "I'll love you forever."
To them forever may be an hour, a day, a lifetime.

It takes forever for the hands of a clock
To measure off the seconds
When someone wants time to pass swiftly.
Slowly the hands move,
Waiting is agony-creeping agony.
Forever lasts five minutes.

How long is forever?

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