On Time

Merciless planet tilts in space
Fading darkness-in its place
Light embers on the horizon
Past bone does it emblazon
The day

Chronos's drives hard as flint
Eyes resist but then they squint
Weight of the world floods within
Awaking souls to their chagrin
The Morn

Automaton limbs without thought
Into the fray –movement without plot
When Apollo crests within the sky
Baked brains shuffle without a sigh
The noon

Calendar page in autumn wilt
Day begins to loose the gilt
Breath and shadows growing long
Embracing antithesis of the dawn
The dusk

Shadows give way to lightless paths
In grief, in drink, in darkness baths
Face holes again longing to close
Lose the self within the throes
Of night.

Love impinges on time's cocoon
Calling persons to leap to swoon
Cracking open dark chrysalis
A winged soul in beloved bliss
Morningstar rising.

***1 from maybe 1 year ago...