Kit Kelen #1053 - always only just in time

1053

always only just in time

have you ever really looked at a clock

seen the face, the heart behind?

in the night it has rained

you see that now

we were always here

and have been

have you ever seen under a clock

known the dark intent

the weeping?

the time when...

and the time until

they all live in this face

we are waiting for and on

the far far better

of a day to come

the way it was back when...

have you ever heard the voice of the clock

felt that cold breath?

plash

and you follow the stream

by eye

one hand and so another follows

the alien craft now this moment lands

a clock is always hiding something

could be mere moments

hours

months

do you see into it?

follow round

have you ever

swum in the clock

and even dipped a winter toe?

it is a seashore rhythm

seasons come with it

kept time with the music there

have you ever shone your sun in one?

then dial up any weather

and as a wheel rolls on

so steady stern

run down still

the papa clock

the mama milk

as time dispensed

grandparents too

have you ever told a clock

just what you thought of it?

which way to go?

to put things behind

do you see the mirror eyes?

do you know the clock's frail sex?

and go another round

have you seen to the truth of time?

seen through to?

you catch a cold and you survive

and all this world was turning while

and one day we dispense with it

if you can spare the time