by David Kaplan

Time is more ancient
Than the stars.
It is a dimension.
A silent perpetual
Motion machine.

Time is unforgiving.
Verdict and sentence
Are handed down to both
The guilty and the innocent.

Time is without obstruction.
In its headlong drive, it births
Evolution, yet limits life.

Time is insurmountable.
A semi-transparent wall of memories,
Distorted under the weight of age.

Time is change.
Time is impermanence.

Time stops not for an unwound clock.