A Puzzle

What am I, I refuse to answer,

I am defiant ,but palpable

I can be consequential and inconsequential

I stand still for some,

And “fleet’’ according to others

I am money for business men

And ‘out of joint’ for the Prince of Denmark,

Practical people take me by the forelock

I drag on for the condemned,

I run out for the condemned,

I am fleshy and sensuous for the ‘’newly wed’’

I am inconsequential for the gamblers

I tell on the nerves of the psychopaths

Astrologers expatiate on my influence on people

Grammarians tackle  the past,present

And future in relation to me.

Students hold me fast, but I “dodge’’ them.

I mellow the raw youth

Automobiles race against me

I mitigate all sorrows and losses

I am fathomless and boundless,

I contain multitudes.

Written on a rainy during 2006 August .The “cluster of images” left a great impact on

my soul over many years of my ‘’teaching career’’.