You Be Not One Of Us Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

‘You be not one of us, ' jeered the Youth
You see Age has slipped by you
And
You did not realize as the rabbit
When the turtle passed him by.'

Ah! time! Entering into domains
Of Intellect suppressing them;
In the least freezing them:
The round of Time is that.'

Nearby a stream gurgled fresh
Out of the summer rocks
Beaten by summer sun and
Summer heat that sweltered.
‘You see Age slipped by you'
‘You be not one of us'