Time

Time has come a visiting today
with a big smile and a bigger bouquet

Like a loving friend
to the very end
Yeah, right,
It's pure lily white!

I've seen it during its many phases
with all its wily multiple faces

as it set me up
for many a painful fall
its ringing laughter -
I well recall

Ok so even roses come with thorns
But Time attacks with goring horns

Now with a little candy
here comes the dandy
It is a friend alright!
Full of mischief and spite

I'll take the flowers with a sack of salt
before they fade, it'd be time
for Time's next assault

~ Shanta ~

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