Wheel and wait

Poem No. 780

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Wheel and wait
from early to very late
however long the shadow
however gold the heavens
time keeps a well-worn trait
of rigid rate
however quick joy may flee
however long sorrows stay
the minutes all run straight
and do not wait.

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A lot of my early poems were reflections on time. How it passes, how I see it looking backward. It is an old and well-worn theme. Many have written much about Time. But not enough!

I am glad to make my own small additions.

It is a curious thing, how we all are subject to it, all share the exact same instant across the globe. And no one can, for all the strength in the world, change its flow by a single second.

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