The Touch of Times

You can’t hide
from the touch of times

And running away
from your problems
is a race
you will never win

And should you still
be breathing…

Breathing in 50 years’
calendar time
from now

Having scaled
18, 250 days
of your tomorrows

Maybe you’d have
known
what this is about

All within
the touch of times

Maybe,
Just maybe
you’d have
remembered it all

To look back
at this dot in time
within the touch of times,

…the actions
you took
in spectacles
of your experiences

The experiences
inked on you
by the different adventures
embarked upon

Adventures
you’ve captured
by doing and undoing

Experiences fully etched
in the jangling memory
of your journey

The memories
across
your spent scale
of past tomorrows

Both of the things
that truly
mattered to you

And the memories
you’ve
made of them

Yet,
only to remember
how little you’ve risked
through the touch of times

Or how
far-stretched
you’ve outdone yourself
on this proverbial track of life

Both for the ones
dear to you
and dearie
with your experiences.

Anyway,
I hope you’ve gotten
a firm grasp
of what it all means now

Having added
another time in days
or precious minutes
to your track of times

And maybe
a handful of cloud
in your pocket will be enough

Or a shovel of sand
on your bare skin
will serve for your penitent currency

All for the summed moments
forced upon you
by the touch of times

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Tosin Adebayo

Poet & Storyteller at STORIES & POEMS

I'm Tosin, creator of Stories & Poems, and I firmly believe no life is lived to its fullest without uncommon sprinkles of excellence, madness & passion.

I hope this poetry or story or score or work helps stir your imagination, broaden your perspective & unlock the doors for your yet-unknowns.

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