Time and its verbs

Time oozes with a slight squeeze,

a new tube of toothpaste

Time meanders, lazing in the sun,

a fat garter snake on a warm rock

Time screams, a hawk pouncing

on a field mouse, or a rabbit

Time trots, a muscled marathon runner

chugging her way to a finish line

Time ages, a collection of liver spots

on the back of an old man’s hand

Time hurtles, a roller coaster headed

downward into a dark tunnel

Time stains, a broken pen spilling

its blood on my hands

Time rises, and tans, and burns, a sun

in the noon sky, heating to afternoon

Time freezes, a pond kissing winter

as snow and ice begin to fall

Time stops, a casket closing

at the end of the funeral service

Time ends, as the sky gates open,

bursting into the radiance of no-time.

Tweetspeak Poetry has a prompt about time this week. Check the link to see how people can make time fly.

Photograph by Junior Libby via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.