The Clock Ticks On

The clock ticks on fast past our physical prime Eventually we all become victims of time We quickly lose the energy of youthful elan And the longest lived human life in time is not a long span The pauper the celebrity and the billionaire The Reaper of lives any life does not spare The one who treats every life as the same Is not one who respects money and fame Time that rusts iron becomes everyone's foe The famous athlete of five decades ago The former National champion is now walking slow The years on the best of them eventually show The clock on our lives ever keeps ticking on And at the stroke of midnight today will be gone.