What Is Time

Time is a thief- a thief that steals dreams- then youth- and finally life. Time is an enemy- an enemy that cannot be appeased- defeated- or forestalled- only sacrificed to. As long as time has existed not one second has ever been repeated or reclaimed. Time gives back nothing- it only takes away. Time is a taskmaster that extracts a high price when wasted- yet promises no rewards for frugality. Time cannot be managed- it manages those seeking to do so. Time creates all and destroys all- time is life and time is death- time is infinitesimal- time is eternal. Time is our captor- yet also our liberation- and until such- only coexistence is allowed- an uneasy truce. Time is the overseer of all things- we are all its slave.