Time and I are grappling <br />as we have all my life. <br />In my youth I tried to full-nelson her <br />into telling me my future <br />but she didn't comply. <br /> <br />I spend many hours with her <br />in my upstairs bed-room <br />peering at video games; <br />she waited patiently <br />for me to get through this phase. <br /> <br />The referee in this match <br />I tried to bribe he refused <br />but she gentle-stroked my brow <br />and told me to play fair and be patient. <br /> <br />I dreamed of having super powers <br />and told her that was what I wanted; <br />she smiled reassuringly <br />saying 'Sure but you have to first overcome many barriers <br />and prove yourself. <br /> <br />Too many tests there <br />it turned out for me. <br /> <br />I asked her for luck <br />but no luck. <br />I tried arm-twisting on her <br />but every fall I won <br />I also lost another. <br /> <br /> It did not even look like the crowd was on my side. <br />At times it even looked like my own family <br />declined <br />to support me. <br /> <br />When I started to date Time threw down the dice <br />snake-eyes and craps <br />never a lucky seven. <br /> <br />one step up and two steps back. <br /> <br />I asked her at last <br />for True Love and <br />she said simply 'Look behind you.' <br />turning I saw it was someone <br />who had always <br />been at my side <br />living in my blind spot. <br /> <br />Time smiled. <br /> <br />Now it is Time against two <br />in this match <br />this has improved the odds. <br /> <br />Not so much happily ever after, but <br />we two in this round two <br />are now a tag team; <br />Time is sitting in that opposite corner, solo. <br /> <br />Any day <br />we'll will pin her <br />to Life's Mat <br />declare victory <br />or not. <br /> <br />In any event <br />hope you <br />will <br />root for us <br />because I assure you my friend <br />Time knows your name too.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wrestling-with-time/
