The Time Speaks

I am the time—the eternal wonder! I witness The furious, rampant universe, Its explosion and implosion! I have my own conviction, Persuasion, temptation, Sometimes I become despotic, agitated, Rumbling and uncontrolled! With all waning, dying and crumbling creatures I sever my links, take side with the fittest who survives! I smile with the wanton flow of river— Its rippling, shimmering in the glowing dawn ever, Being absorbed in happiness I run in a spiritual trance, The greed, lust and savagery are scared Of me, my sympathy sparks for the painful pallid Earth, my softness betokens a virgin’s lotus-heart. I am immortal, imperishable, ageless, I bloom with the fragrance! I am a spiral smoke of incense, The furious, violent earth I witness In the crematorium, in the human habitations, I’m the time –I have my own persuasion! ____________