Time, the Silent Witness

I do not speak, yet I teach you all,
I cannot be held, yet I catch your fall.
I cannot be stopped, but I make you pause,
I never wait, yet I serve your cause.

You cannot chase me, but walk with me,
and life will bloom where your dreams run free.

I am the witness when joy takes flight,
the quiet observer through your darkest night.
I’ve seen your falls, your every rise,
the tears you've shed, the countless tries.

I’m not your win, nor the person you seek,
not your triumph — yet I give what you need.
When you’re ready to rest, I bring you peace,
I do — with grace, I bring you rest.

The quiet companion of every soul,
the calm beneath storms we cannot control...
I am time.


— Menon Wijesinghe —