Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Dramatic Verse

Time Is Running Late

Nothing is running on time anymore,
everything seems to be leaving late
And arriving even later too
What’s wrong with the grandfather clock,
working quirky is the quartz LED watch
Digital punctuality is ten nanoseconds off ...
losing time at this rate just make time slavers scoff
Now that slight difference might not bother them much,
but your computer 
is having an electrical hard time trying to adjust
And this little misfire gets exponentially wider
with each step you take on the spiral staircase of 
Time
is running late
And the alarm clock didn’t go off in my
Mind
Dead sleep is a retrograde time buyer,
as the rift in reality gets exponentially wider
But the evil time slavers just continue to scoff
And as the hourglass of time keeps losing sand,
this is the tick-tock countdown of what’s happening:
Repentance is a reverse time-share buyer,
as the road to damnation keeps getting exponentially wider
You better start checking the Doomsday clock
because it seems like its ...
                                        Ten nanoseconds off
                                   becoming nine minutes lost
                              becomes eight days of imprecision
                         becomes seven weeks of empirical oblivion
                   Turning into six months of solar ecliptic irregularity
                      turns into five years of where did the time flee?
                     turning into four decades of wilderness wandering
                     turns into three centuries of time-tripping slavery
               Ending with two thousand years of sin freeing Christianity
                     Beginning with one twinkling eye blink to infinity
Nothing is running on time anymore,
we now have all eternity to explore
No need to worry ever again about being late,
the universe forever remains on the same cosmic calendar date
No worries ...
Time has been completely erased!

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Cheryl Hoffman May 31, 2017 at 7:56 PM Does anyone really know what time it is? Only our Heavenly Father methinks! Very interesting time piece Freddie!~P & L~Che :)

Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon May 31, 2017 at 4:54 PM Beautiful! Very sad we cannot save time in a reservoir neither can we save in the bank as money can be. A beautiful one though.

Dean Wood May 31, 2017 at 12:04 PM Another winner Freddie! Again, I couldn't help but accelerate as I read this until I got to the final stanza and . . awww off-the-hook. Whew! Well done! - Dean

Heidi Sands May 31, 2017 at 10:32 AM Wow Freddie, you brought me on a time travel ride reading this one. Your writing is on a roll. :) Freddie Robinson Jr. May 31, 2017 at 11:08 AM Ty, Heidi. Appreciate the cool comments. You know how to make a guy feel good about himself. You can talk to me anytime, dear friend. Love and peace always.