Synchronizing Our Timing with the Universe

Time rules the universe but we’ve boycotted
It And it doesn’t rule us, I didn’t mean lord
over us, we’ve chosen our ruler and our own planet,
another version of the universe I didn’t mean continent

We’ve chosen our ruler the african time, counterfeit
the counterfeit rules us with the universal schedules of
sixty seconds per minute,
sixty minutes per hour,
twenty-four hours per day,
thirty plus one day per month,
twelve months per year, and years multiply

In our ruler’s calendar, counterfeit
no deadline, no reward for punctuality
promptness is a choice, just an alternative
an alternative that drags a four year course to eight years
then to abandonment, abandoned projects

Time lingers around for no one
those who follow it are in 21st century
21st century leaders
21st century world of science
21st century digital world
21st century educational values
let’s reset, synchronize our watches, keep abreast

Time rules the universe but we’ve boycotted
It And it doesn’t rule us, I didn’t mean lord
over us, we’ve chosen our ruler and our own planet,
another version of the universe I didn’t mean continent

We’ve chosen our ruler the african time, counterfeit
the counterfeit rules us with the universal schedules of
sixty seconds per minute,
sixty minutes per hour,
twenty-four hours per day,
thirty plus one day per month,
twelve months per year, and years multiply

In our ruler’s calendar, counterfeit
no deadline, no reward for punctuality
promptness is a choice, just an alternative
an alternative that drags a four year course to eight years
then to abandonment, abandoned projects

Time lingers around for no one
those who follow it are in 21st century
21st century leaders
21st century world of science
21st century digital world
21st century educational values
let’s reset, synchronize our watches, keep abreast

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Agaigbe Uhemban

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Agaigbe Uhembansha is an experienced English Language teacher and writer whose works have appeared in Artslounge Magazine, Globe Soup, and elsewhere. His short story “The Village Pond” won a prize in The Green We Left Behind, and “The Storm Battle” received an Honourable Mention in Globe Soup's 7-Day Challenge. Find Agaigbe on Instagram.