Slip Streaming

Daylight saving time
Springing forth
Falling back
Spinning on in close hauled tack
Leaving wakes of fierce held tears
In tidal bores of racing years
No time spent in quiet peace
Burning daylight sets the pace
For this, the human race.

Tho every once and then
We touch
The laid back confidence
Of such
Who ride
The tidal force of life
In joy felt
Satisfaction

Author's Note

It's a rewrite

Reviews

[Sel Whiteley]

Wow, does this have an immediacy, and such a quick rhythm, reinforced by the rhymes, it really made me consider the transcience of time. The mistakes we make in our incredibly fast-paced lives, (again the rhythm reinforces that).
But ultimately this a great celebration of those who:

Who ride
The tidal force of life
In joy felt
Satisfaction

[Gandré]

compensation can be a drive and we then try even harder? Always the ocean in your memories nicely woven with deep meaning. a nice fragment, i like those from you, so much.

[J]

Oh yes ......... I like this version muchly, though the original blew off my sox.

It's in the small hours, long shadows, momentary, fleeting brushes across one's cheek that set the heart, damn the ratty human 'race.' Let the tide shiver in your bones and the wake ever leave your footprints on my soul.

[Ed Hart]

what fun! what fun!