Time and Time Again

If anyone’s reading this poem, your somewhere in my past I’m in the future for these ‘right now' moments never last But still this is your present, such is the way time flows All relative to the observer, every day comes and goes So what am I doing right now, as your reading my poem Perhaps going down a grave, most likely you’ll never know We share the same planet, occupying two different worlds One is in our head, the other one continuously unfurls No matter how life is perceived, were merely passing time That second hand keeps ticking, whilst hours happily chime Seasons come and go, putting another birthday in the bag Our circadian clock slows down, toned faces inexorably sag Oh time that great leveller, eventually catches up with us all Greatest force of nature, indifferent to light speed, or a crawl Who started the clock ticking, or is all just radioactive decay Countdown has only one direction, sorry there’s no other way So onwards and upwards, past the stratosphere we will go Back to where it all started, about fourteen billion years ago And then what happens, that’s what you really want to know I’ll let you in on the secret, perhaps not, will only spoil the show ''T'' Contest, New or Old Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Constance La France 06/11/21