Time does not

Time does not

speak

of the fall of sages, of how

their once passive journey led

to madness, of the hail that crashed

into the corners of their eyes when their pleas

for mercy were lost by the sound of the plummeting storm.

Time does not give life back to what has died

or even heal the grief of ghosts pacing

through the morgues.

Time is a shadow that envelops us all – it is

hope and despair combined.

Time is two lips speaking different words,

two hands unable to hold each other,

frozen in the spilt blood of alienation turned

to indifference.

Time is bone – breaks everything but suffering.

Time keeps its secrets, undoes the work

of gentle faith. Time is a tale-teller, making us believe

that nothing has meaning, making us forget that it is

only time.

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First published in “Pulsar #74 and Pulsar Poetry Webzine #22”

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