Father Time is the Reaper,
the stalker, the creeper
like a Mickey slipped into
your cup of life sipped.
stealing endless, lost chapters
of your life not yet writ,
he's a thirsty bookkeeper
and your dreams are his tit..
He shadows you daily,
like a demon, not frailly
even now he assails me,
it's his tocking that ails me.
He covers his face with
his hands trying to hide,
what little is left,
and what's gone…. you're denied.
Many Eons ago
where no time was kept,
the tribes were at peace,
with no schedules to sweat,
no alarms when they slept,
but when time came they wept.
First the sun dial
cast shadows that
shortened their days
lengthening into nightmares
disrupting their ways.
Just imagine if no one
had ever found time,
there would be no rush hours
all our lives lived sublime,
no appointments to meet,
when we got there
we got there,
no metronome beats
that at times we can't bear.
No re in re-lax
we'd be lax all the time,
but wait since there's no time,
I can't use that line.
Time to go would become,
why not stay, what's the hurry?
animals don't know time,
leaving them with no worry.
Time is our cruel slave master,
we work fast but that bastard,
demands even more,
happily never afters,
Death has no need for time,
He comes when he wants,
It’s our counting our days
That allows him to haunt.
All our birthdays are labels,
Baby toddler, child, teen,
Then adult, then a senior,
There’s so much in between.
Can’t we simply be humans?
Enjoying unlabeled names,
Let the years pass unnoticed
With everybody the same.
But Father Time won’t be fooled
For centuries he has ruled,
We are the puppets
he’s always schooled
When he grows bored...
we’re removed.
All the bings, bongs and gongs
All the rings and the bells,
Are just nervous ticks hammering
That keep us locked in his Hell.
So take some sheer
un-timed pleasure,
In doing nothing at all,
You’ll see how lovely life can be,
When second hands cannot fall….
Across your face so relaxed,
Abandon that human race,
To keep up with times urgings
At such an ungodly pace.
I think you might like that place…..
I think you might like that palce.......
Magnificent Music Composed &
Played by-Chris Bright--©-2012
Lyrics & Vocals Written & Sung at:
Art~Whimsically Yours Studio
by-Matthew F. Blowers III --©-2024
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