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Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

0 posted 2016-09-27 04:34 PM

It begins with the turning of a key
Barreled springs torque up and come to life,
demanding loyalty from the
gears and levers above them

The pendulum is set in motion
moving in a seeming perpetual arc
it's steady beat
whittling away at our lives

Measuring the rhythm of our hearts
and the expansion of our lungs
Chiseling fragments of time
and the moments we share together

These precious hours we spend
in sweet embraces
only to surrender to its beckoning call
at the setting of the sun

What then, my love
if we threw away the key?
What then my love
would become of you and me?

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-09-27 05:01 PM

Ahhh . . . Throw that key away . . . (Psst! Just make sure you know where you threw it!)

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2016-09-27 11:37 PM

nice...james

rainyday
Member
Posts 304
Heartland USA

3 posted 2016-10-08 03:41 PM

Bluesy, This Poem swept me up into the sway
of that pendulum, wonderful write.

rainyj

DaysofView
Member

since 2014-04-01

Posts 433
Just A Slice Of The Pie

4 posted 2016-10-09 11:34 PM

I wouldn't even have a clock if I didn't need one! Good poem though Blusey!

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather...not like the passengers screaming in the back of his car.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2016-10-23 07:16 AM

Sweet poem! love the metaphor!~L

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

6 posted 2016-10-23 11:54 PM

Thanks to you all for reading and commenting.

Jerry -Yes, that's good idea!
James- Glad you liked it.
Jan - I know you're the romantic in the room. Thanks so much!
Days- You and I go way back...thanks baby.
Lori- Thanks for you visit and your kind reply.

BTS

...just bein' Bluesy

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