The March of Time

Tic toc tic toc.
Seconds slip by my bedroom clock.
Minutes, hours, days and ages
vanish like the once famous sages.

Could the Mayans or Aztecs or Egyptian kings
have known the power of their time machines?
When did man become a slave
to calendars and schedules from birth to the grave?

Tic toc tic toc.
An epoch marches past my clock.