EVERYTHING IS TIME

I purchase a train ticket from a lady with a red dress
with time
I discover that my apple is rotten
only after my third bite
with time
I see the blood on my six-year-old knee before
I feel the pain
I notice tears in my father’s eyes as he tries to refuse my gift
time
I lose a little of myself to a job I hate
trampolining I fly for just a moment
with time
I find impossible love in rockpools
under her fingernails
freewheeling down sunny hills faster than the wind
we are time
time comes and takes and gives and never cares
everything
everything
in time