Obeying Time's Decree

I salute you oh, mighty Time: My best friend, My worst enemy For To live without you is simply Unimaginable! Throughout my existence I have, unsuccessfully, struggled to accept Whatever you brought to me, Either it was a sweet smile Or a bitter tear with Equanimity Since I could not enjoy the one Without Suffering the presence of The other For This, you told me, is the order of things, This is what the heavens Decree, But I, a fool ignorant, resisted! Now, however, Older and wiser, an obedient child of yours, oh Time, I have finally become So as To abide by your universal rules Of growth and decay Without My tightened lips, a single complaint to pronounce! © Demetrios Trifiatis 24 July 2020