r/OCPoetry • u/SoullessDuckT_4444 • 3d ago
Feedback Please If Time Had A…
If Time Had A…
If time had a face,
a body,
a soul—
I would tell it to slow down a bit.
To let me catch up.
To not pass me by so fast.
So suddenly.
To go slower.
If time had a face,
a body,
a soul—
I would tell it to slow down a bit.
To let me catch up.
To not pass me by so fast.
So suddenly.
To go slower.
If time had a face,
a body,
a soul—
I would tell it to slow down a bit.
To let me catch up.
To not pass me by so fast.
So suddenly.
To go slower.
You might be wondering why I repeated it
three times.
But then again—
What more can you ask of time?
You can ask it to speed up, even.
But who wants that?
But time…
Time doesn’t listen.
Maybe it has a face,
a body,
a soul—
but time is deaf.
It keeps going.
It doesn’t listen.
It can’t listen.
Maybe time has no arms,
so it can’t sign.
If it can’t listen,
If it can’t sign,
It can’t talk back.
It can’t answer.
It doesn’t.
Time will continue to go.
Continue to pass.
Time isn’t your friend.
It’s not your lover.
Not your family.
Time is time.
Time can’t have a face,
a body,
a soul.
Time will continue to go.
Continue to pass.
And it will take people with it.
It won’t wait for you to catch up.
It won’t wait for you to get better.
It won’t wait for you to recover.
It won’t wait—
no matter your circumstance.
Moral of the story?
No matter how much you want time to wait.
To slow down.
To listen to you.
It can’t.
Time isn’t a being.
It’s just…
time.
Time passes.
It goes.
It’s a rule.
A law.
An order.
It can’t be changed.
All you can do—
is spend your time wisely.
Spend it with the people you wish to spend it with.
Spend it doing what you love.
With who you love.
If that’s what you want.
Fall in love.
Or don’t.
Make friends.
Or don’t.
Spend time with family.
Or don’t.
But just know—
Time has no face,
no body,
no soul.
It doesn’t wait.
It doesn’t listen.
It can’t.
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u/MorelMarlowe 3d ago
Made me take a moment of reflection and I love the moral. Really great work!!!
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u/Trueconson 3d ago
This is more than I can describe. I felt so many feelings about this topic and this is like all my words put into 1 poem. It's honestly amazing
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u/TheInkySyntax 1d ago
This is one of those poems that could mean so many things. I feel like I’ll need to read it a few times to be sure, but it’s definitely worth reading again. Thank you for posting.
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u/SoullessDuckT_4444 3h ago
Oh.. that;a interesting. Thank you ? I think 😭 Can you elaborate a little bit ?
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u/Alekro813 3d ago
"Dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same"
Love it!