Wrist Watch.... Poem by Merlin Mwaura

Wristwatch…

Wind my wrist,

Tell the time.

How wrong am I?

To want to sleep just a little more,

Get a little bored,

With all my fantasy,

Before reality.



Timid with my spoon full,

Of liquid food goo,

T’is lunch at this place “Boon”…

A restaurant I just made up.



Time tells,

T'is time to meet my mate,

Make us a folly with fate,

Make a mess while at it.

Known no order, broke all laws,

Terrible disaster,

Found a master.

Of time long after,

Memory charms laughter.



At night with a hurried jest,

Of proud influences had on a table,

Time tells I need my rest,

But man dwells in the night like hell.



Why aim at the devil,

With a gun at his back,

What if you miss?

Where will time hide you?



Wrist watch …

Long have you been with me,

Devoted forever to steer me right,

By day and by night,

When I wash,

When I eat,

When I sleep,

Like a doll on my baby’s side.



Wrist watch,

Time tell,

I need to live. I need to leave…

Make my exit soon,

Sooner,

Or maybe later,

Till I love again,

Like I have you,

Who tells me,

When time turns,

And finds me tending,

To creep past it,

By it,

Until I find myself once again,

A little older than I was before…

A little wiser for another encounter,

With you side by side,

Wrist watch.