Time As It Is

And I asked Time how it was on this glorious Monday. It simply replied:

"I am here for you now, but I will not wait for you.
Even if you fall behind, I remain in your field of view.

You can keep up with me, but you cannot catch up to me.
For once I have left, I am gone for eternity.

Nor can you leave me behind, or go back to change me.
For I am the keeper of aging, no matter how thick the tree.

Therefore, I plea to thee:

Do your work now, get it done, and then return to me
when the time is right.
For I will accept you, take you in, and guide into
the brightest light.

Then, and only then, I will call you friend.
One that truly has stayed completely to the end."