I crawl, I creep,
I walk, I run.
Like an undulating river I rest not
and wait for none.
Mighty kings bow down to me;
penniless paupers look up to me
hoping I can create –
a change in their destiny.
I make bad things cease to happen
and all good things come to an end.
Soaring like a bird tirelessly
has always been my special trend.
An all-powerful dictator -
omnipresent yet invisible,
I’m constantly defying Eternity and
etching in your mind memories indelible.
Money cannot buy me
for I’m a priceless commodity.
Power cannot corrupt me
as I move towards infinity.
Like a river in spate,
like a floating helium balloon,
I’m always fleeting
whether on planet Earth or on the Moon.
I’m capable of changing the world’s geography
and of creating a nation’s history.
I make a solid rock change into smooth sand
But remain forever enshrouded in mystery.
Like my brother Tide,
I do not wait for anyone.
To catch up with me,
you must always run.
From a larva to a butterfly,
from an acorn to an oak tree
from an embryo to an elephant,
I make nothing stay permanently.
But I make sure I leave
imprints of me in your mind’s calendar.
As you embark on your life’s journey,
To me you always surrender.
You sense me in the ticking of a clock;
you sense me in the beating of a heart.
Like camphor, I’m known to sublime.
Well, that’s me, I am Time.
20 May 2010
5: 30 pm
Gita Ashok
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-time-3/
