Hours Mean No More or Less than Years

Music: Miss Noble. By Turlough O'Carolan.  Sequenced at Ancient Music of Ireland.

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Hours mean no more or less than years. A moment is a point with no dimension. People count to undermine their fears, Persuaded numbers lead to comprehension. Yet time is an illusion of our motion, No realer than the rising of the sun. Each line we draw rests on a restless ocean, Way, way beyond the scope of more than One. Years do not begin and never end Except for purposes of calibration. A need to share our yearnings, friend to friend, Requires just one point of celebration.