Time is a Juggernaut

I can recall my very first moment of self awareness
my father lifting me up high and twirling me round and round

this was the starting point of my existence

it has taken me 44 years to arrive at the present, but that distant memory
feels too much like yesterday

the thought both fascinates
and terrifies me

the hands of time spin like a top
but they also don't move at all

like a giant comet, one does not
perceive how fast it is moving
until it is up close and too late