Reflection of Time
/If Earth is lifeless
Then time would be ageless
No life would exist to care about
When or how time started
How fast or slow it proceeds
Or will it ever end
Seasons go by with color changing unnoticed
Day and night alternating turns insignificant
These cycles renew fresh as the dawning
Once life appears on earth
Time coddles it to grow and mature
Then hustles it to turn old and die
Life wishes to cling to time
Which will never compromise
Trotting along with its unrelenting steps
Time leaves its footprints on life
And grays the living thing
Life’s growth records the passing of time
And ages the era
The ephemeral life becomes
An infinitesimal reflection of endless time
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States