Hi there! This is a poem that seemed to come from somewhere – I’m not sure how it happened but I ended up with this and I quite like it, so I hope you enjoy!
It’s dark outside,
And I think of the time, the way
Night comes after day, falling
In a cycle that rushes round at a snail’s pace,
At the speed of sound, at
The tick of a clock; of how
The gaps between the hands widen and close like
Elevator doors, and how
The sound rises and falls, urgent,
Incessant tick that clicks through a day,
Trying to say how
There’s not enough time for a kiss goodbye,
There’s not enough time for a word, or a smile,
Or a penny in the jar of an outstretched hand that
Lingers in the air as you pass it by;
And that slow, calming drumming
Heart beat of tick tock
That echoes through a mind asleep, or dreaming,
Or somewhere far away from seeming to be something that it’s not,
How it sounds like eternity in numbered minutes
Of numbered days. I think of how
A day lasts forever but a year is gone
In the blink of an eye, a glance at a watch
And everything’s changed from where it was.
It’s dark outside;
The stars are out, and they shout of eternity in someone else’s sky,
They linger there with questions, why
Do we decide to divide up weeks into days, and days into hours,
When really are the minutes ours,
When am I supposed to be myself and when
Should I conform to someone else’s ideal of society,
When
Should I admit my faults and when
Should I protect my honour at all costs, what
Should I do with the time I have, should I
Live or die or
Cry myself to sleep about what I cannot have, should
I find the time to follow my dreams, or just live life as it seems,
Face value of a spare minute on a second-hand pocket watch
That used to dictate someone else’s days, and this
Conformity confuses me from you from them
As chaos ensues, and we think of time as a constant,
But,
In reality it is nothing more than a concept poorly explained to a child
Who looks at the stars and sees nothing more
Than today.
It’s dark outside;
Simple as it sounds,
It is truth;
But only
Right
Now.
Great use of rhythm in your words. Thank you!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Again, another banger! Very impressed with all of them honestly. Lots of love x
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Thank you so much! 😊 X
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