Time

It’s absolutely essential

it can even be your friend,

and it’s right there with you

when you start or when you end.

It can even surprise you

often yeilding a treasure,

like sands through the hourglass

time is but an increment of measure.

It can work against you, too

breathing down your back,

it keeps on running

even when you’re way off track.

But, if you breathe life into it

it will steal your pleasure,

like sands through the hourglass

time is but an increment of measure.

— docmaverick, Sep 13, 2007

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Region, Country: The High Desert, in the wild west, southern California, U.S. of A.., USA

Favorite Poets: Keates, Poe, Dickinson, and Dr. Seuss. There are a smattering of others, but why bother listing 'em all, ya know?, I also rely on a few of our poets, here....for advice, and what not. I couldn't possibly explain what a fountain of live, effective knowledge we have...right here in our midst ! To catch a glimmer of brilliance, merely visit: the Stream.

Critiques

weirdelf

18 years 8 months ago

surprisingly deep

surprising only because the form is so hallmarky, sorry man, my personal opinion. cheers, Jess

IKnowNoBox

18 years 8 months ago

Ideas of soup opera and yes time is a vast subject.

always marching to the front of our minds and fleeting before it is used properly. good for the parts,like repairing watches,so to can be poetry a piece inb the making I have a profile full ,still they are a value binb concept. in ink, David