The Hand that Stops Time by Katrenia G. Busch

Time was measured  

Each moment in—balance  

Fate then answered  

What exists in the futures absence?  

Time then replied to fate  

An appointed time that comes to be  

Clockwise the hands are said to rotate  

But— then began to smirk at me  

Only then did I hesitate  

Reluctantly waiting for a reply  

I— myself, fate can’t be late  

Lest time I—myself can’t defy?  

Time I urged as I said to go on—  

Time just sat in the midst of balance  

Nudging I did— with strong presence!  

Time then said— who has providence?  

For you can’t exist without me 

For fate must obey the laws of time  

Lest— I speak so cleverly 

That you understand uncouth rhyme? 

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Katrenia G. Busch is a Film Critic for Hollywood Weekly Magazine, a Celebrity Interviewer for Heart of Hollywood Magazine, a Journal Reviewer for the American Psychological Association, as well as a Reviewer for Prospectus: A Literary Offering and has worked as an Editor and journalist. Some of her published works can be found in The Screeched Owl, IO Magazine, The Chamber Magazine, Literature Today, Westward Quarterly, Trouvaille Review, Riverrun, Police Writers, Senior Care Quest among others. She also has a background in law enforcement and nursing.