Cruel Time

Oh cruel time
You string the heart

With threads of promise
Technicolour promise
You
Steal so much
And
Give so little

So little time
You leave for life

For life, for love
For nothings
Those nothings
Sweet nothings

Blessed sittings down
And ponderous thought
Nothings

Oh no
You tick away
And eat
Like acid

Oh cruel time.