Time, how thee steadily move on

Time, how thee steadily move on
Whether I wait for thee
Or keep in motion
Thy notion remains
Continuous

I cannot beg or plead
That thee return
To what was
Only now what is
While still it is here

And a moment (I fear)
And it too is a year
Since last twas here

So time
Whether acknowledged
Or no
Thee continue
And shall remain
Unchanged

May I then
Learn from thee
How to use what time
That I am given

For I cannot keep thee
Thee move as easily
As oil in the hand
And more freely still

None has the will
Save thy creator
And none can cease

So, indeed
May we invest
In these precious
Few moments

That we may be blessed
With moments
We cherish

And may we not despair
When such seasons
Disappear

For all things
Have a beginning
And end

And who can know
When this moment too
Shall end

-Joshua Lee Foist