Even Time Must Change
What is Time?
All else is iron, wind and flame;
Time, only, is made of water,
But, unlike streams, the moments may not flow;
Time might become a lake, a stagnant pond, an ocean,
A glacier or a hurricane, a foggy day.
Time itself must change.
So wrote an alchemist, centuries ago;
A single drop of rain falls on the page.
©Boria Sax 2017
The Raven and the Sun: Poems and Stories
All else is iron, wind and flame;
Time, only, is made of water,
But, unlike streams, the moments may not flow;
Time might become a lake, a stagnant pond, an ocean,
A glacier or a hurricane, a foggy day.
Time itself must change.
So wrote an alchemist, centuries ago;
A single drop of rain falls on the page.
©Boria Sax 2017
The Raven and the Sun: Poems and Stories
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