perception

Time takes flight;
in reverie alights.
Care and wiles, in a moment forgot

where vivid dreams dance, casting dreary shadows out.
Not a minute to lose! In the second breath out,

the clock ticks tar again: time's motion
trickles to distortion.
Perception.

©2006 b.cisek

per·cep·tion (p&r-'sep-sh&n), noun: 1 a : a result of perceiving :observation b : a mental image : concept; 2 obsolete : consciousness; 3 a : awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation perception> b : physical sensation interpreted in the light of experience
definition courtesy of merriam-webster online