Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time “Once upon a time” Who is time? What is he? Is he more than just a phrase Used to start our stories? He is a thief in our midst So dirty, so vile He’s managed to steal from us all Yet for him, there will be no trial He will not be caught Never! He cannot! Though he may be right in front of our faces He slips through our fingertips Leaving us faceless He is a liar! A deceiver! Promising what he cannot give Promising us life tomorrow When today we want to live! He is a murderer! A killer! He takes even children in the midst of night Innocent or guilty He has no sense of wrong or right To him we go and beg Beg for healing and remedies Yet instead he takes our youth Leaving us with nothing but grey memories Memories that hurt Memories we want to forget The ones we want to remember He has wrapped around our necks I wish to catch him! Make him pay for what he has done Yet he has me trapped Everyday, trapped under the sun Our entire lives, Our heads are held under his trigger Everything can disappear With just a flick of his finger One second! One second is all it takes Anything more, And he himself he would waste Stuck in yesterday Yet we are wishing for tomorrow While we bathe in our pity And pray for our sorrows But I understand him really This thief of mankind Whilst it seems that he takes Only in him we find life He is forever and yet never I wonder how that must feel To be eternal must be somber Imagine being everything, except real And yet here he is Wrapped around my wrist Tick Tock Tick Tock until I no longer exist He takes everything from our hands Is there not anything he can allow? Ah, but there is one thing even time cannot grasp And that my friends is now