Friday, October 23, 2026

A Sijo of Passing Time

Men created clocks and calendars
but the hours and years pass without them.

I have waited, not counting the time;
someday you will return to the home I built.

Is that your voice I hear calling at last?
No, only a distant hiker echoing across the hills.

Stephen Brooke ©2026

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