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Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

0 posted 2003-01-11 01:35 PM

Man made instruments
In man made increments
Measure the intangible here to there
In succeeding seconds
Of solid sixty segments
Ticking
Talking in silence
Toward the eternal void of time

Where each black line barricade
Registers a binding bar-code
Announcing arrivals
Effecting causes
And demanding departures
Day in
Day out

So setting the pace
In a three hundred sixty degree race
With no ribbon to cross
We run against three hands
For seconds to place
Throughout the years
Seldom coming in first
But no stranger to last
Toward the terminus
Of tried and tired
Where so many moments slip past

There we finally rest
And staring on the sidelines of youth
Seeing for the first
That which was always there
Space
Between the seconds
Where a forth hand slips through
With silent appeal
To tell you
Your time is due

Live life beyond the bars

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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1 posted 2003-01-11 01:48 PM

what a thought-provoking write! what an ending line! Thanks for the motivation!

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

2 posted 2003-01-11 01:54 PM

Shadows... my pleasure. Thank you for the read and write.

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

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3 posted 2003-01-11 08:50 PM

Excellent expression, Andrew! I enjoyed this very much!

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2003-01-11 10:49 PM

Andrew..

Very thought provoking, intriguing,
captivating...

Makes one stop...thinking of that fourth
hand that has a finger on the curtain of
my life...waiting for the last act to
close...

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-01-11 11:08 PM

Andrew, I liked this. It made the reader stop and think. Thank you.....

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

angelfriend
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since 2003-01-11

Posts 52
Michigan USA

6 posted 2003-01-11 11:17 PM

Great poem. It made me think of how free it is when we let go of the constraints of time. When I stopped wearing a watch it is amazing how much less I focused on time. But that clock is everywhere - no where to hide. We do need to find that space in between for ourselves.

CocoBaci
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

7 posted 2003-01-11 11:40 PM

Enjoyed this read Andrew...
Thanx4sharing
*~coco~*

kaile

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singapore

8 posted 2003-01-12 12:39 PM

There we finally rest
And staring on the sidelines of youth
Seeing for the first
That which was always there
Space
Between the seconds
Where a forth hand slips through
With silent appeal
To tell you
Your time is due

Live life beyond the bars

very deep write, Andrew..particularly enjoyed this stanza...what thoughts!

DragonFang
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since 2000-03-09

Posts 522
Missouri, USA

9 posted 2003-01-12 03:10 AM

Beautiful, greatly enjoyed it.

http://www.heisen.net Peace Through War, it is beginning!

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

10 posted 2003-01-12 04:09 AM

Andrew... What an eye openning write, enjoyed.
Live life to the fullest, racing that forth hand...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

[This message has been edited by Paul Wilson (01-12-2003 04:10 AM).]

Sandpiper
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

11 posted 2003-01-12 05:54 AM

intriguing!!

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

12 posted 2003-01-12 08:47 AM

Measure the intangible here to there
In succeeding seconds
Of solid sixty segments
Ticking
Talking in silence

~*~

This started the appreciation
for the rest of this piece.

Thank you, Andrew!

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

13 posted 2003-01-12 09:30 AM

I like it - There's no moment like this one ever to be seen again...

Nice to see you here, AS..

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

14 posted 2003-01-12 03:17 PM

Always something to ponder in your words Sir Andrew

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

15 posted 2003-01-12 04:57 PM

To one and all, thank you for your read and responses.  That I provoked thought with my words is the highest praise.  I hope you all find that space in time long before that final tick.  Again, your words are the coin of the realm and may you be paid in kind.

Magnus:  It is the image of a skeletal hand sliding between two ticks of the clock that sort of inspired this piece.  That, and something Dr. Moose wrote.  Thanks Doc!

AngleFriend:  I haven’t worn a watch in nearly a year and a half.  Yes, it is very liberating but like you I am still a slave to time.

Paul:  Thanks for the words and racing faces.

Sunshine:  Me too!

Nan:  Nice to be seen by one such as you.

Lady Hoot:  The same can be said for your own.  Thank you.

[This message has been edited by Andrew Scott (01-12-2003 04:59 PM).]

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