Hourglass
don’t know why
it didn’t work
when it took a second
guess that’s the trouble
with first
don’t get it right
will it always be wrong
when the moment’s past
can the clock tick back
or is time a traitor
stuck on the eleventh hour
was it worth a turn-around
strangers walk on by
four years back
all those days without
wonder if it really
would have made a difference
now
at the last stroke
before midnight
TL