Time (redux)

Might and beautiful
he held out his hand
like Beauxillious griffins
stolen during Belgian wars
skipping through the
vast quarters
but like all grand
things, once removed
from use by age
or indifference
taken away from its
important place
even monuments
are just stone.
Over time everything
becomes something else
becomes another part of itself
or totally different.
the inference is to time
atoms never see
a clock ticking.

Ship Of Fools

I pulled on my boots.
I looked down
and a thousand miles below
my feet were coral beds
awash in fish
and endless
blue.