//------------------------------// // Time (poem) // Story: The Nocturnal Collection // by TheNocturnalLoner //------------------------------// The ever fleeting and ongoing flow Silently it passes us by, exerting its influence on all Steadily and incessantly this wind shall blow Nothing can stop it, not man, beast, nor wall Time is an abstract concept, faceless and indifferent Caring not for the weeping of those who've loved and lost It wears away stone and earth, humbling what was magnificent While it measures the period between summer and frost Everyone has a watch, not knowing when it will expire Brief or long, time marches at any pace it pleases Endlessly it extends, for it is a never-ending mire We admire and fear it, like some of the most hideous diseases Yes it's true, that nothing lasts forever and we shall fall But isn't that the point, for time will always outlast all