Time Ignores

(late June 2011)
 
As I lay me down tonight
I turn to you
But no-one is there
Just the sounds, the motion
As it takes me far from where you stand

How I wished this day not to come
Though time ignores,
It goes on, relentless
So selfish in its progress
And now laughs at my back

"You fool!", he cries
"How could you think to defy me?"
"Nobody but NO-ONE can win,
Or fight against me"
"No sword is greater,
And no chariot more mighty
To lead to our battle."
"Do not hope or think to conquer.
Accept your loss,
And your day will be done!"