turn-of-the-21st-century

what is this? when is it?

measured by the turns of the sun, moon and planets
or measured by the turns of the seasons or 
measured by the cycles of birth, death and rebirth?
or measured in stories retold?

because digits can accumulate
and constitute a wheel of common existence
with fractal implications (change, evolution, growth, expansion, retraction, life-death).

2 times 1000 and then some
according to an agrarian socalled Gregorian calendar
measured in years, sun cycles,
and months, moon cycles,
and days, Earth cycles,
and eons, galactic cycles.

year 0 marks the between a before and after,
marked by an important event
according to socalled Abrahamic human culture,
said to constitute a particular birth,
to a woman, Mary, born a man,*
a Jesus of Nazareth made Christ.

2 thousand and twenty three years later,
these calculations have become the lingua franca of time...

but really, 

what's in a date?

*inpsired by Best Lead Actress Michelle Yeoh at the 2023 Oscar Academy Awards Show in her acceptance speech: "I have to dedicate this [ Oscar award for best lead actress] to my mom, all the moms in the world because they are really the super heros and without them none of us [would] be here tonight."