I crawl, I creep, <br />I walk, I run. <br />Like an undulating river I rest not <br />and wait for none. <br /> <br />Mighty kings bow down to me; <br />penniless paupers look up to me <br />hoping I can create – <br />a change in their destiny. <br /> <br />I make bad things cease to happen <br />and all good things come to an end. <br />Soaring like a bird tirelessly <br />has always been my special trend. <br /> <br />An all-powerful dictator - <br />omnipresent yet invisible, <br />I’m constantly defying Eternity and <br />etching in your mind memories indelible. <br /> <br />Money cannot buy me <br />for I’m a priceless commodity. <br />Power cannot corrupt me <br />as I move towards infinity. <br /> <br />Like a river in spate, <br />like a floating helium balloon, <br />I’m always fleeting <br />whether on planet Earth or on the Moon. <br /> <br />I’m capable of changing the world’s geography <br />and of creating a nation’s history. <br />I make a solid rock change into smooth sand <br />But remain forever enshrouded in mystery. <br /> <br />Like my brother Tide, <br />I do not wait for anyone. <br />To catch up with me, <br />you must always run. <br /> <br />From a larva to a butterfly, <br />from an acorn to an oak tree <br />from an embryo to an elephant, <br />I make nothing stay permanently. <br /> <br />But I make sure I leave <br /> imprints of me in your mind’s calendar. <br />As you embark on your life’s journey, <br />To me you always surrender. <br /> <br />You sense me in the ticking of a clock; <br />you sense me in the beating of a heart. <br />Like camphor, I’m known to sublime. <br />Well, that’s me, I am Time. <br /> <br />20 May 2010 <br />5: 30 pm<br /><br />Gita Ashok<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-time-3/
