All This Time

Surprised again,
Another insight
you seem to know
better than I-

Time on my own
Never acknowledged
Never appreciated
Never named-
It is my lifeline!

Not enough of it,
Never enough of it
Now I'm having to allocate
An hour for letters
An hour for reading
and miscellaneous

Ridiculous?
Yet such an improvement
on just before...

I expand with
all this time
filling up
my lungs and my head

Now I see
Time on your own
has to be understood
It is not scary
It is not isolating
It is not deprivation of another
of attention

For some
it is just as essential
as breath