Old Father Time

Ask me a question for I will not lie

I know everything he said with a sigh

Why water is wet and continually flows

That’s an easy question if your in the know

Why winds move around and never stand still

I’ll tell you reason if you’ve time to kill

And what of the day that turns into night

For I can tell you just where went the light

But alas you’ve no moments to take this repast

But my offer still stand for the answers are cast

So ask me a question and I will not lie

For I know all things and that’s why I sigh

As I watch the same mistakes….

SEASHELLS

A WHISPERING BREEZE

SWEEPS THE SAND

AN EBBING TIDE

REVEALS ITS HAND

FOR THERE EXPOSED

FOR ALL TO SEE

ARE TINY MOLLUSKS

OF THE SEA

ONCE COVERED TIGHT

BY NATURES BAND

NOW CAST A DRIFT

BY TIDES DEMAND

SEABIRDS GORGE

UPON THIS FEAST

THE SCATTERED SHELLS

THEIR HOSTS RELEASE

NOW EMPTY SPACE

OF LIVES SET FREE

TIL ALL AT ONCE

AGAIN WE SEE

THE SEA RECLAIM ITS PRIZE

Solar Lights

Solar lights reduce the dark

Whilst casting shadows that leave no marks

Then all at once within their glow

They give to me a night time show

Bats in flight that swoop and climb

Whilst telling all its feeding time

As insects gather around each light

Bats take their fill with sheer delight

And what was thought a gently scene

Now turns into a nightmare theme

The strong survive or so they say

So they can fight another day

But all this seems to say to me

Is life is just a lottery

Were bats have a winning ticket

Thought to Ponder – “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” – Mozart

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