TIME AND TIDE

I don't expect everyone to understand this,

For it took me weeks to know what it is.

However complex it may be

The last line sums it for you and me.

TIME…

If wasting you was no crime,

I'd spend you writing a rhyme

Though I wouldn't receive even a dime.

…AND TIDE…

If I had your remote control by my side,

I'd jump into my boat for a ride,

In search of rubies for my will-be bribe.

…WAIT …

I've done that since 2008

And now it's even getting late

For me to control my fate.

…FOR NO MAN.

Yes! Not even the rich one

Who rides the most expensive van,

Seldom feels the heat of the sun

And does whatever he wills and can.

Indeed whether a poetic mind is all you have

Or you're a fisherman in love,

a young man who is awaiting a chance to slip by

Or that man who is mighty and high,

Let me tell you as loudly as I can,

That TIME AND TIDE WAITS FOR NO MAN.

20/09/11