catching time

poem 1 Minute

Stop running so fast, time.
Can’t you see I’m trying to catch you?
Don’t run away so petulantly;
You must know that we need you.

Please don’t be like that,
I surely wasn’t trying to offend you.
I was just distracted and
Forgot you were still run-run-running away.

Oh, I could descend into a maudlin muck
And wish I could turn you back,
But even while I was down there,
You would still be running, wouldn’t you?

Well, then, here I come.
I’ll try to keep up
As best I can
Until you’re out altogether.

Published by WarrenBluhm

Wordsmith and podcaster, Warren is a reporter, editor and storyteller who lives near the shores of Green Bay with his two golden retrievers, Dejah and Summer. Author of Ebenezer, It's Going to Be All Right, Echoes of Freedom Past, Full, Refuse to be Afraid, Gladness is Infectious, 24 flashes, How to Play a Blue Guitar, Myke Phoenix: The Complete Novelettes, A Bridge at Crossroads, The Imaginary Bomb, A Scream of Consciousness, and The Imaginary Revolution.

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