"Oceans waves batter the shores of eternity

Like thousands of horses running

A never ending race,

This sound is both pulsing and soothing.

Here a sufferer is both master and slave,

One ride as master and next as slave,

Subjugated by an unforgiving beast.

Such is time; she is the beast never mounted,

Never tamed, and never mastered.

All mortals are forbidden to control her.

A mount is made to ride, but a phoenix

Must burn and crash before its resurrection."

      ©05.24.17, Olan L. Smith