Time,
scavenges,
devouring hours,
days, years,

retreating,
into corners,
hidden,
shrouded.

Time scurries,
fickle,
unforgiving,

as it winds down,
oblivious to purpose,

yet,

imploring,
beseeching,
us mortals of flesh,
and of bone,

to shed,
not having enough,

and,

quietly seize,

some more time