time will (always) tell

The Old Man And The Angel — Vlastimil Hofman (1881–1970) — public domain

somewhere

in the background of the passing years she used to hide in the seams and cracks of my laughter and my tears but of late she’s come out to show her flawless angel face stepping ever closer in my tracks and tripping up my pace while she whispers in my ears her never-changing story that always ends the same

oh yes time will tell don’t you know time will always tell what none of us really wish to hear