Out Of Time Poem by Ofero Basbas

once more, indeed, i just couldn’t believe

the ticking clock would not stop nor quit

i cursed and raged but there was no reprieve

no pause or rest for one second or minute:

time tumbles fast, unrelenting in its power

in its incessant march all that gets caught

cannot escape the call of his final hour

when all is measured, sieved, tied and bought.

when that time comes, we’d complain all we want

to higher powers rant and shout, all these

much noise we’d make but heaven won’t grant

no cause, withhold no judgment, no sinner appease.

in the end, there will be no bargaining

the ticking clock will never tick again.