Time
Time
Time’s steady stoic countenance
Takes predetermined steps in ordered measures
Leaving no footprint hint of its presence
In the ceaseless rhythmic perpetuation,
Drumbeats of clicking perpetual movement
Without impassioned downbeats,
Never dragging chains of captured illusions,
No seconds given sanction to linger in joy
Nor cling to moments chiseled into stone milestones -
Neither consent to linger in chaotic wrenching stresses –
Face focused forward
Counting measures of the sun’s journey to dawn –
The moon’s questing for revolving skies –
Never lost in the labyrinth of déjà vu
To slip through fingers yearning to hold its heartbeat
Always clings to the noble quest serving
Past, present and future unbidden epoch
Smooth flowing unruffled tempo tread
Halted only when infinity’s eternal architect
Returns
Inviting time to rest enfolded in a mantle of grace.
5-27-21
Contest: Time
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2021
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