what time is it?

How long have I got?
Just an hour
Or a minute
Or a decade or two

How long do I need
To catch an eye
Capture a moment
Set free a dream

Should I walk slowly
Savouring each step
Drinking in the shaft of light
Feeling the air on my cheek

Should I walk fast
To catch the view
To arrive in time
Free up the moment

What is time
But a way of keeping track
Of hoarding the seconds
Whilst years float by

Is it the peaks we seek
Or the steps between
Is it the arrival
Or the moving that matters

Drifting through the sunlight
Glimpsing each leaf turn
Each blade of green beneath
Each wisp of air

Who is to judge
If we have seen every high
Or felt the long grass
In each field passing by

How long
How strong
How soft
How full

Am I?