The inexorable passage of time
Sweeps away the human race to survive
We ebb away from day to day
We scrub and scour our dirty memories
And tuck them away in the bottom drawer
That never fully closes
Electric bridges won't be destroyed
In our forage for more and more

Rachel Hewitt

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-inexorable-passage-of-time/