time goes on

time goes on
time falls away like tear drops and
evaporates on the skin
time dissipates like an echo of laughter
and is consumed by the emptiness
time stretches like the rays of sunlight
becoming faint in the distance
time gets absorbed like nocturnal emissions
into freshly cleaned cotton sheets
time shifts, speeds up, gets devoured,
slows down, alters, reborn
time goes on