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Tick Tick |
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Amberzlynnc Member
since 2010-08-24
Posts 229New Jersey 
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*I'm back! Something came over me and I haven't written any poetry for the last few months. It was the strangest thing. But last night, I got my old self back. I hope you enjoy!* Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Is that a clock I hear? Or a bomb waiting to detonate? It really doesn't matter because often they're one in the same thing. The clock is a mass murderer that has been killing people for all of time, literally. As a society, we're constantly trying to run from it's blood stained jagged blade that doesn't discriminate. It hates all of us. All ethnicities and breeds. Whether you breathe oxygen through your lungs or ingest it with your H2O intake, time hates oxygen lovers. It's even so jealous that if you stop breathing, time will eventually kill you for it. We've been on the clock's "to kill" list since we were born, so sometimes we get so used to the threat we forget to retaliate. And no, killing time is not retaliation for time wanting to kill you. Killing time is like leaving a map for a murderer with your house highlighted and a note saying "I'll be here all night- alone, with the doors unlocked." The more time you kill, the easier it will be for time to kill you. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Time is coming. Sometimes it brings a friend- A train that doesn't have the time to stop when you've conveniently fallen on its tracks Or a cancer that won't stop spreading until it brings your heart to a sudden halt in the middle of the night when no one is around to help. But sometimes, it comes alone. It might take longer than when it comes with help, but even alone, time will always find you and slice your skin beneath your chin from ear to ear. But the question we’re all asking is, How can we catch time and stop it from killing us? How can we survive such an infamous murderer that has so many friends willing to help him? Science has tried to be heroic with it’s vaccines and medications and technologies that help doctors perform “life saving” surgeries. Surgeries that will create a barrier from time, but only for a little while. As of now, time can still break through all of the barriers that science has built around us. So I say, look to the scientists for answers to a lot of your questions, but not for one as serious as how to save your own life. For a question so immensely deep and important, look to the philosophers. Look to the people who consciously connect themselves to reality. The people who study existence and realize that there IS a way to cheat time. The people who know that time will always take a part of you, but it doesn’t have to take everything. These are the people who will tell you that all you have to do is create. Be great at something. Maybe you’re great at making music people want to listen to, or writing words that inspire, or making artwork people want to contemplate for hours or even just hang on the wall in their bathroom. Or maybe you’re just great at being nice to people. It doesn’t matter what you do, just do something, and do it well. One could even say that if enough people witness you doing nothing well, then hey, you were great at doing nothing, and that’s something. This is the only time-repellent that we have right now. And while it may not save your body from the death-grip of time, surviving in the minds of the living is the closest thing we’ll have to existing once time gets hold of us. Everyone has the ability to do this, to exist forever. Maybe not the same existence that you’re used to now, but that’s a choice you have to make. Personally, I would rather live the same way that your favorite character in the book you’ve read 5 times is alive to you. Yes, time can make me untouchable, but it can’t stop me from touching others. It can make me invisible, but it doesn’t have the power to stop me from helping others to see. And to me, that’s living in it’s purest form. Tick tick tick tick tick Time’s coming. I’m creating a true weapon against time. Are you? -Amber Corcoran |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice...my thoughts on time...time is opportunities to live in the moment...it gives us time to choose love and forgiveness and not hate or anger...and I always liked the words from the Rolling Stones song..."Time is on my side, yes it is."...James |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
It may have been awhile, but, for sure, the clock vs. a bomb metaphor was a great one to get one's creative juices flowing or, um, perhaps, live a bit longer. Enjoyed!  |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Wow, and came back with a "bang?! Enjoyed my friend. j. |
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