From there to here in a breath
Form horse and cart
To space shuttle.
From dirt road
To motorway.
From stretched paper,
Line and prop
To turbojet.
From gaslight
To electrical appliance.
From unshod feet
To fashion shoes to throw.
From the soils of the earth
To the dust of the moon.
From an early bed
To late night TV.
From starving children here
To starving children there.
From one war
To a host more.
From a switchboard
And black Bakelite phone
To text and go.
From a letter on a horse
To an email.
From a reference book
To Wikipedia.
From a village
To the world.
It’s a long way to travel
In a single life.
Opher 18.4.2014
My how time flies – and the crazy change of progress.