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PoeticKnight
Senior Member

since 2000-01-20

Posts 1144
New Orleans, LA

0 posted 2001-04-03 02:11 PM

At midnight, the mourner’s bell tolls,
Resounding, each and every stroke
Foretelling news of my own doom
A dozen times, and my heart froze

One
Two
Three

Still time to escape undamaged,
Legs, as useless as some baggage
Lost and forgotten, like the rest of me
Now my mind, my mind unhinged

Four
Five
Six

Like a nail in the coffin, each note pounds,
Into finality, fading with the sound
An echo never to be disturbed again
Until the upheaval of the uttermost ground

Seven
Eight
Nine

Time left, to take one more dream,
To open, my darkest sight to eternity
This night could not possibly end
Or so it leads me to believe

Ten
Eleven
Twelve

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-04-03 02:14 PM

I do not think I shall ever hear my Grandfather clock's chimes sound the same again, not after reading this....

good, pondering thoughts left behind in a wise write...

Panne447
Member

since 2001-04-03

Posts 196
S.A. TX

2 posted 2001-04-03 02:14 PM

Interesting, PK. You had me looking for the bogie man with the ax. Panne

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2001-04-03 02:17 PM

I loved this one PK---very ominous and foreboding, loved the way you unfolded this---you can ring my bell anytime!

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

4 posted 2001-04-03 03:06 PM

Insomnia is spelled "dread by means of clock"
I've been there throught the wee hours listining to the clock and my thudding heart.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

5 posted 2001-04-03 03:14 PM

The weight of sadness, and the clock that pauses for no one. I do believe you've captured it here. Excellent, PK.

"I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one."

PoeticKnight
Senior Member

since 2000-01-20

Posts 1144
New Orleans, LA

6 posted 2001-04-03 04:05 PM

Thank you. I know thank you is overdone, but never less meaningful. It was an interesting night for me personally when I wrote this. Not a bad night...just interesting.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

7 posted 2001-04-03 05:09 PM

vivid and expressive

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