Ode To Time

Ode To Time

Once upon my innocence in time

Eyes slowly opened to see my kind

The light hit my eyes, the world was mine

In this vessel I came, silky, soft, yet fine

My awareness limited to a state of sublime

Unknowingly, I've been placed among mankind

Presented as unique, would I age as vintage wine? 

Become better daily, even divine as with time?

You have captured me, even possesed my mind

This body constantly change, yet beautiful I find 

It's never the same as the day before, I'm sure not blind

Such cruelty is seen, felt in this body, that's in slow decline 

All around unwillingly agrees with me, in bodies like mine

Silently enduring the ravages of time

I hold the hands of nature, see your effects are many a dime

Everywhere cries out for deliverance, from an estate in time 

I've known you before, I knew myself as a vine

The pure juice of your presence runs down my spine 

In vain I try to catch you in life's prime 

Sadly, I daily discover you're no friend of mine

In the light of the moon, the rays of sun shine

Life is not fair, as I stand in its line

I patiently wait for what can only be mine

I'm well taught by your shadows, cast align

In vain I'll touch you, your hands hold all in a lifetime

As all, I'm afflicted, conflicted, tormented, in body and mind

Your reality, is my mortality, as I visibly see the signs 

Your death grip will not hold forever, I'll come forth refine

This break in the continum of eternity will soon become a pastime 

I will clap for joy, as many a friend of mine

A space occupied by all, in this brief episode call time

No more bound by you, in a new design, forever I'll shine