Hold That Wheel...Please?

Poetics Aside Prompt; For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Hold That (Blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and write the poem. Possible titles include “Hold That Thought,” “Hold That Space,” “Hold That Poem,” or whatever else holds your attention.

Hold that wheel that gently unfurls

Beautiful women over our little girls

Hold that ribbon rushing like the tides

Of spring’s turquoise river as winter subsides

Oh, hold that ruthless rendering of truth

Placing wisdom’s halo over locks of youth

And though we resist it Time deploys its thrill

Startling mortality with its adamant will

Hold that dirge dangling somewhere aloft

Hold that finger so cruel and soft

Hold that moment-thread trickling from the sky

Hold that hour leading to good-by

© Janet Martin