In an instant every moment of history is alive

There is a lot to be said

about time

or maybe about the lack

of time

whether real time

or just killing

time

when you are

thinking about time

you are using time

right at that moment

at each moment just drip

drip dripping away

time constantly

running moving forever

slip sliding in

perpetual movement

so steady

and reliable it makes

you tired your eyes closing

drowsily for a second or

two, which is a second

or two you’ll never

get back, never have again

that moment having passed

on into oblivion part

of a past that really only

existed in that

instant, your history

which is gone

forever but

is always alive

and makes me afraid

to blink my eyes