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The Clock |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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THE CLOCK Time is in each second ticking Tapping out the throbbing pain Til I see you it keeps ticking With each puttering drop of rain No sadder sound to pierce the night Than is the ticking of a clock It beats the rhythm of my heart And with my pulsing interlocks Ever ticking, ever beating Like a drum into my brain Every sound of every second Ever spelling out your name Unrelenting is the pounding Sobbing sounding as I weep Incessantly the clock keeps time Perturbing mind, disturbing sleep Ticking, ticking, beating, beating Never a melody it plays Never a lyric to the chorus Never a song to light my days The clock ticks every daylight hour Time is slowly passing by And every night becomes forever In its haunting lullaby Whispered ticking, whispered heartache Tick....tick....tick....tick Whispered draft across my cheek In burning of each candle wick Elizabeth Santos |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Ah yes, time, the ever present, ominous ticking, slows when you'd like it to speed, and speeds when you'd like it to slow. |
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Georgia Junior Member
since 1999-12-22
Posts 32 |
elizabeth, this poem goes to prove time will keep on moving even when our thoughts are standing still!This person needs to move on with life! |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I really like this piece Liz....So well said!!! A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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whiskey
since 1999-12-28
Posts 1278Australia |
Great poem, time stands still for noone  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Each word does tick upon my clock But I have no key to turn the lock. Your poetry is so beautiful. Love ya Sy |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you all for your comments. This is not my favorite poem, but I posted it anyway. Thank you. Liz Sy, I know not of a key you need If signs and signals you would heed I listen still the sound of clock But lock has always been unlocked Thanks for your compliment Love ya Liz |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Ah, yes...you have fantomed the rhythm to the beating of the clock and that is how this reads...nicely orchastrated |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Very well said! ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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