A Time For It All

You should know,
Brothers,
That there’s a time
For it all.
A time for summer,
A time for fall.

I’ve once heard it said
That there’s a time
For everything.
A time to cry,
A time to sing.
A time for solitude,
A time for a ring.

“Well, Rabbi,”
You say.
“How will I know
When that time has come?
How will I know
When that time is here?

“Well, brother,”
I say.
“I don’t know.
All I can say
Is that
When that time has come
When that time is here
You
Of all people
Will know.”


-NoLi