The Passing of the Present

It was a specific time

Six thirty-two AM-EST

On February 29, 1968 CE

Time

 A convenience displayed on clocks

Measured in grains or tick-tocks

Where does it go?

Nowhere

Because it isn't 
Never was

The present is

Lifetimes are

And they pass

Silly us 
We count the passing

When it is the present that counts