the Times

This was a post a couple of months ago, a friend rewrote two other (his) versions. I felt somehow flattered.

There was a time when all else was proof of your beliefs;

now only our beliefs are the proof of everything.

There was another time when progress was a matter of time;

and now time is a matter of progress.

And in another time, you had your eyes on what you needed;

now what we don't really need have their eyes on us.

Those other times were to be lived, and now life is just to be.

1.Once ago all which remained proved our beliefs,

which now holds the only proof for everything.

Progress was once timed,

though time is now measured by progress.

Before, eyes were for what was needed,

but now what's unneeded has its eyes on us.

Time was once for living, though life is now just to be.

2.Once ago all remaining proved our beliefs,

now that leftover proves everything.

Though progress may yet be clocked,

time is now clocked by progress.

Before, eyes sought for what was needed,

now the unneeded has eyes on us.

Time was to be lived, and now life is just to be.