Kairos

Kairos- Greek word describing the qualitative nature of time.

Oh , infinite being!

Thine flow goes unobstructed

For many an eternity.

A million dreams shattered

Under thine shadow

But thine flow ,

Naught ,does wane.

Thou  wait for no man, no God

And none can change thine

Twisted path.

For many a God

Have perished under 

Thine turbulent flow.

And man has naught,

A chance 

To claim suzerainty

Over thee

For he is but dust 

In thine eyes.

Oh , serpentine beast

Thine length encompasses

This universe

And thine breadth,

Countless dimensions.

Thou who measures all things,

Unbiased.

Oh devourer of worlds

Thou reign supreme,

In thine infinite cycle .

Reviews

[Reed]

Yes, time is one unstoppable, relentless, unchangeable force...
Probably a god in itself... If you think about it... It's passing every second, we know it exists, we can prove that it's passing, and we, and everything else is powerless to do anything about it. Nicely done.

[ANTO]

When writing on certain topics modern speech seems lacking Joel, so I feel that you have chosen the perfect style here. The olde way of speaking always appealed to me to be very much suited to mythology. The mathematical symbol for Infinity is just like a snake devouring itself and this is what I saw when i read your excellent piece here.
I loved the word 'suzerainty'.

[CA Anurag Sharma]

Good poem....very well written... we all pray for our good times when we Pray to God.....

[Isabel25]

I like the idea of time flowing like a serpentine beast, its length encompassing the universe- that's a pretty vivid image.
You have accurately captured the concept of time- how it waits for none and how it is the one thing man still hasn't learned to control. good one :)

[Dead]

This is beautiful! :)

[Joel Armstrong]

Thank you my friend : )

[Dead]

you're very welcome :D

[Dani The Unreviewed]

Well, i really fancy the way old English.. i like the idea of describing time as an intelligent being... but i think it's just a slow, relentless force, flowing on forever... nice write.

[Dani The Unreviewed]

in my favorites it goes. :)

[Joel Armstrong]

Hehe .could be true.after all time is one sneaky serpent. Its fast for some slow for or can be both at times...(like wen ur watching a movie compared to wen u in classclass : D ).
And thànks a ton Danny. : )

[Dani The Unreviewed]

Yea... No problem :)

[B]

I see you here calling for balance
For the point of equilibrium maybe you have witnessed some sort of unfairness
and in so
we long for the breaking point
where everything levels out

[Tomoe Tellez]

Awesome poem! The way you described time makes people who it think about what they just read. This poem sounds like something that comes from a fantasy or science fiction story.

[Joel Armstrong]

Thank you!!!: D

[Aryan Purohit]

Wow, thats really great! I was playing with the idea of changing my writing style for quite a bit. You know, try to make it more classical and medieval somewhere around the Shakespearian, Chaucer era. You must have read some sonnets I suppose?

[Joel Armstrong]

I have indeed.not marble or gilded monuments for one.do try it out.try out new writing styles.its quite fun if ur into it.
Thanks for dropping by. : )

[Aryan Purohit]

Ah! Nor marbles nor gilded monuments! Really good poem about time, we had this poem in our syllabus, such amazing description of time its just amazing. Have you tried Caesar? You could observe and understand almost all his styles in there.

[Joel Armstrong]

Hehe.u forget that I'm 16 and an indian too.I read em wen they were in my syllabus.we do follow the same syllabus I assume.I think it was last year that we had Julius Caesar and not marble no r gilded monuments.