Prague, Winter of 2006

The clock in Prague's Old Town square
Advances
     as it charts the motion of the Universe
Oblivious to time
     even as it tracks its passage

          Snow settles on the Charles Bridge
          Ancient
                steadfast with her roots in a bygone era
         Her statues watching the changing world
                without feeling the need themselves

Some things feel no need to change
         Truth, beauty, love,
                  The echoes that bind yesterday and tomorrow