March 6, 2015

Time

Time moves like molasses
Dripping from his unkempt brow
We are told to sit
Mark days by how long we don't give in
To temptation
But rather foster discussions
Of rather long prose
I gather stories
From griots of Ibo
He tells me about a man
Dead and buried in the Mother Earth
Comes back Lazurus style
Has another family
But if old sees new
He will disappear into thinness of air
I don't believe 
But the story passes the time
Gives me thoughts of memories past
We were all here before
I am waiting to not sit
But to live
If he can have two
Why can't I have one?

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