revert not

why does the seconds hand

seem to run in reverse tonight?

no! dont go that way!

let's not..

go back..remember?

we did not like it there..

you were in a rush

even conniving with the hours

to hurry me

leave, just as i was beginning

to realize, curtains fall

and life... unfolds

remember how

i tried to plea my case

i asked you a pause

a tick or two, if only to make

a few moments last

but you were stubborn

you refused

and when we met,

that brightest twilight,

i remember

tears were gone, and i looked

forward

as you just kept pushing

moving - forward, father

and farther.. forward

now, let's not go back

there's nothing there if we do

just go your way, your usual way

move forward, take me

don't stop now

i've clung to you...