Time present and time past   
          Are both perhaps present in time future 
                  And time future contained in time past.   
                             All time is eternally present   
                                       All time is unredeemable.   
                                                   TS Eliot – Burnt Norton

Lilts of birdsong             
            Drift on early morning air
Between the sway of emerald branches
Under leaden skies
And call out
Seeking a response.
I listen to the sounds,
Locked in time
Between a past and future
Waiting in the moment,
Which is real and unforgiving.

Bruce Cooper