By-Matthew F. Blowers III
Time is a traveler
he’s histories great unraveler
who chose to be a bachelor
because each time he took a wife
only he was born eternal
but they kept running out of life
running out of life....
plus he’s too attached to his tickings
to interrupt them with a wifes talkings
love comes to tempt him every week
but poor love always finds him balking
cause women always try to slow him down
knowing he can help them keep
their beauty as age slowly creeps
to haunt them till their final sleep
but he’d rather keep on walking.
cause they always chase him
.... always stalking
their precious time
their precious time......
"Look out!!" his shadows
right behind you
and yet he’s coming right your way
he likes to come in all directions
for all time grants you, you will pay
and he loves each time you get a shock
every morning when your alarm clock
wakes you from the bed in which you lay
to start one more of his long days
cause when you dream he has no powers
in just a blink you’ve slept eight hours.
in just a blink you’ve slept eight hours.
but all else we do is ruled by time
he’s the king of mankind’s schedule
we’re his puppets and he pulls the strings
and he punishes all rebels
who chose to sleep in, when their due
to meet all his fundamentals
which leaves them tardy, losing jobs
Ignoring time brings peril
Time has to travel endlessly
to meet all of the time zones
when Chinese are eating supper
we’re eating breakfast at our homes
and time never had a face
way back when cavemen all lived free
of any worries about keeping time
he wandered miserably
till some dumb fool discovered him
and made his life worthwhile
regulating everything folks did
by the shadow on a sun dial
and from there we got an hourglass
where each trickle of the sand
made folks hurry up their weary ass
to meet time’s most cruel demands
and now time has turned digital
he never makes a sound
but every time we use our phone
we know he’s still around.
So always be aware of time
he pays no mind to you
he has billions of people
that do all he tells them to
and he has just informed me
that my song is much too long
so I’m ending it, cause he’s in a snit
and I don’t want to do time wrong
Yeah. I don’t want to do time wrong
he controls my life
to the very end
I don't need that kind of strife
"Thank You Time