I hear them complain

Parents of children who grow up

"When did they get so old?"

If I were to answer

"During the minutes you let pass by."

Another stupid question everyone asks

When people need an excuse for missing out

"Where did the time go?"

If I were to answer

"Time doesn't stay still, it keeps moving."

When people try to revisit their past

Oh how they exclaim

"Boy, how time flies!"

I will answer them

"Time doesn't fly.

It runs."

People claim they don't want to miss it

But they don't even try to keep up

Because time keeps running

It stops for no one

Sure you might get tired

Lose your breath

But you keep on running

Because if you stop

That moment is gone

Even a second

Just one becomes far away

Even farther than all of history

You can find the far distant past in a book

But that last second

That is in no book

Not yet

That one second is running in the opposite direction

And no one can go back to that one second

Well maybe one man can