Watching And waiting Time is here and is not The click ticks and does not Did they wait? Before the bomb? Will we be still? Before the end? [1st advent]

It is not wise to begin With a bold statement Assertiveness is easily Mistaken for bravado A quick blade to the Back is more effective.

What seconds swallowed, Worn to sand and yet reformed: These eternal bones.

Time Like Sand Time is no longer the same Words shift Letters trickle down and lose their shape Minutes dissolve into sand And are gone I wanted to tell you something The other day After closing time But the clock spun too quickly And the traitorous earth turned When I finally caught up To you; your hunched shape Fading away down the long street The spryness of youth - had melded With the deep ravines of antiquity: Your time was almost done