Clock towers, bells, and marking time

Whether we're tracking time,
watching the time, or finding time,
if we look and listen, we're never
far from knowing ...

What time is it?

Pass the church on the avenue
at the top of the hour and the
peal of bells will tell you
whether it's one o'clock,
two, three ... or twelve
o'clock.

And not just the church, bells
ring out from the clock tower
high above city hall, too.

The sundial in the cemetery casts
a timely shadow on every minute
and every hour of every day ...
when the sun shines.

And monumental neon letters
digitize the hour high above
the square downtown.

Each clock and every peal of the 
bell is a reminder that no matter how
often we fall back or spring forward, 

we keep time.

But maybe making time is what
matter most.

So yes, I stop when I hear the bells
and do the count, and listen ...

as if I have all the time
in the world.