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MICHELMAS
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since 2012-02-15
Posts 305
Lancashire England

0 posted 2012-04-19 05:47 AM



Endless Time

Time that ticking clock
Like a death-watch beetle
Gnawing at the very foundation of your life
The incessant movement of the hands
Brushing the face that does not smile
Relentless, to wait for no-one
Certainly not for me
And in the dark, the face is hidden
But still I feel the hands, moving
Until the dawn, and shadows reach
The tick tock of my heart
Racing to infinity and beyond
And will that clock ever stop
Sometimes the hands become as one
And then move on to twilight time
Until I lose the key

© Copyright 2012 MICHAEL HUGHES - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2012-04-19 05:50 AM


Poets like to write about time and death, in fact I posted one about all that this morning also. It fascinates us, the moving hands of time.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2012-04-19 08:27 AM


The hands move ever faster the older you get...I always feel like I'm running out of time...this one hit home.


Lori

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
3 posted 2012-04-19 08:37 AM


Something about advancing years that make time seem a little more important - like, what kind of tree am I going to plant in my yard that I can live long enough to see it grow into something beautiful!, and not be planting it just for the future enjoyment of the next people to own MY house.

Interesting write...agree with jerry...

j.

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000
California U.S.A
4 posted 2012-04-19 09:08 AM


Michael, enjoyed your poem.
I feel just like what JP, Lori and J W  said.
Can't get ahead of time.
Ms. E

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