A HOROLOGY OF TIME

INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ETERNAL:


Inaudible, noiseless, Time stays we go,
a tenseless presence of past, present, and future
yet measurable down to quantum Plank units
beholden to no single theory after
2,500-years of trying.
The essence of Time is physical,
continuous, and eternal
with no time for philosophizing
about metaphysical entropy.
Time is temporal, an accretion of
the past (present-day Time has a past),
and an absolutely predictable future
(present-day Time already has a future),
grounded by physical repetition
and preparation by Earth’s inhabitants;
human, animal, and vegetable.

Ontological and faultless are the metrics of eternal Time
People’s daily habits are predictable
Animal migrations are unchanged,
Seasonal crop growth is known
Axial rotations of celestial bodies are measurable
Flood and ebb Tides are chartered
Night and day is repetitive
all are physical elements of eternal Time.

So how is it we run out of Time?
The 2nd law of thermodynamics states,
“a closed system is not self-correcting,
and eventually dissolves into chaos.”
Time is a closed system perpetually working in tandem
with cosmic gravity to maintain the momentum
of an ever-expanding physical universe,
and a future identical to its present and past .
While we merely pass by.

What of time travel?
Is not Time accretive, tenseless, and akin to a
kinetic state?
Once spent it is left in the wake of an expanding universe
abolished by dark matter.
Traveling back is to deny its existence and traveling forward
must exceed the speed at which the whole universe expands—
the speed of light.
That too, is impossible…so enjoy the ride and stay put!