Inner Woman Volume 2

Tick tock

Said Grandfather clock

Time waits for no one

But said his grandson

I’m a stopwatch

Counting time

Halting it when the race is

Over.

Still a snapshot

of a scintillating spot,

a sporadic set of seconds

Said Grandfather clock

The hourglass, with

Her tiny waist

Protested. Her

Pinched particles pouring

through narrow a focal

moment, said

I am a lesson

in finite time

A lingering limit,

less lengthy but

still only a line

in time

Said Grandfather clock

Ah, but I am your equal

The sundial said

from out the window

in scorching sun

T’is true

I came from you

To bring order

Precision

and rhythm to

time

Tick tock

Said Grandfather clock

And the sundial shifted

her shadow smiling

striking the bell of

Grandfather’s chime