Time Is A Monster

Poem written 5-20-24.

I sing twin laments,
Of the motherless child,
Of the childless mother,
And all the paths left unchosen

Softened shadows,
Whispers of who we could have been,
People that we should have known,
Dead flowers in darkened rooms

Every missed birthday,
Unmarked and distant memories,
Of the constant little tragedies,
Of other people’s lives

Time is a monster,
Looming in our every whisper,
Eating our tiny, precious moments,
One second at a time