Time
a guest post by Neil B. Smith
When Time was young there was a king,
who ruled the world and everything
When Time matured a little more,
It passed by faster than before
This enraged the king to know,
For he had ordered Time to slow
Not only was his wish denied,
The opposite had been applied
The king had not before been made
To see an order disobeyed
But the king had failed to see
One clear cut reality -
Time does not report to kings
Nor any man, nor anything
The king would have to learn his place,
So that's when Time sped up its pace
The lesson only made the king
Dangerous to all living things
The king made into law that day
An order that all must obey
Time was now to be ignored,
No reference to It anymore
And so the king slept well that night,
convinced that he had won the fight
But Time's not easy to ignore,
Especially when you make It sore
The king awoke on that next day,
To find his kingdom gone away
Then the news had reached his ears
That Time had jumped a thousand years
Time stripped the king of all he knew,
And gave him a new job to do
The king was made to build a place
Where Time could always show Its face
He created with a magic rock
A strange device he called a clock
And all that looked upon its face,
Would then see Time and know Its pace
The king's job was so superb,
That Time gave to the king Its word
Time would pass at constant rate,
Never to accelerate
But I think we've all seen days,
When Time has simply slipped away
Other days you truly feel
That Time is simply standing still
So if Time ever feels the need
To do some tweaking to Its speed
I think that's okay, don't you?
It's fun to see what Time will do
So heed this warning from the king
Ignoring Time's a dangerous thing!
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[image error]The wickedly talented Neil B. Smith is my brother and the man who inspired me to start a blog and bring my writing to the world. Follow him on twitter @NeilBSmith and tell him to start his own blog so we can enjoy more of his writing! He's also an incredible artist. Ask him about it!
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Neil & Kimberly Related by blood & law (when your brother marries your sister, it makes the family tree a tangled bush indeed!)
