TIME

Parihar offers a poetic reflection on the nature of time.

In the titular poem, the author contemplates time, “the elusive wanderer” and “eternal paradox” that “whispers its secrets in the language of moments.” Time undergirds all things, all bodies: “Within every being, a microscopic ballet, / Cells dancing to time’s rhythmic sway,” Parihar writes in “Time the Cause of Decay.” Personifying his subject, the poet imagines time as everything from a “Cosmic Conductor” and “Temporal Alchemist” to a “Silent Observer” and “Weaver of Ages.” He praises time’s superpowers, writing, “Wearing a crown of moments, endless and wise, / Time reigns supreme in celestial skies”in “Time the Super Power.”And yet, time is ineffable, and at its core, remains an unknown: “Silent sands in the unseen hourglass flow, / Time’s dimension, where mysteries grow” (“Time as Unknown”).Still, Parihar encourages acceptance, stating, “So let us embrace the ebb and flow of time, / With open hearts and spirits unafraid, / For joy and sorrow, like rhythm and rhyme, / Are but the threads in life’s intricate braid” in “Time the Reason of Joy and Sorrow.” In the closing poem, “Time and I,” the author reflects on his personal relationship with time, remarking how time “Remains beyond my grasp, / A force both captivating and cruel, / Guiding me along its winding path.” While Parihar crafts perceptive metaphors like, “A pendulum swinging between yesterday’s regrets, / and tomorrow’s whispered promises” in the poem “Time,”the obsessive focus on time feels myopic in scope. The author clearly has a handle on poetic form, rhyme, meter, and metaphor; it would have been refreshing to see him expound on other topics. Additionally, it may be difficult for readers to relate to a speaker who is an all-knowing, all-seeing consciousness rather than a recognizable human being grounded in a specific time and place.

A philosophical analysis of time that fails to connect on a human level.