I used to think that
Time didn’t really exist--
That we made it up.
I was younger then.
Some would say I am still young--
But those grow fewer
Every year.
Change marks time
Like the rings of a tree.
Wind and water and time
Carve canyons into earth
And wrinkles into youth.
Occasionally
We see the eras changing--
The plates shifting.
And we have our private earthquakes.
Earn our own canyons
And wrinkles.
Proving the existence of time
To our younger selves
Time didn’t really exist--
That we made it up.
I was younger then.
Some would say I am still young--
But those grow fewer
Every year.
Change marks time
Like the rings of a tree.
Wind and water and time
Carve canyons into earth
And wrinkles into youth.
Occasionally
We see the eras changing--
The plates shifting.
And we have our private earthquakes.
Earn our own canyons
And wrinkles.
Proving the existence of time
To our younger selves