Darkness drops on dimming dusk
Sky is sprinkled with salt of stars
Gilded glints of gold aglow
Wake the world from wandering hours
Who can speed the break of dawn?
Who can heal the night’s long scars?
Category: Time
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Turning Back the Clock
Tick tock goes the clock
Every hour losing power
Tock tick with a click
One chime backward time
Hands toward backward
Moving wrong every dong
Rewind til you find
One chime backward time
Strike four, in the door
Of the house came the mouse
Strike three, here ran he
One chime backward time
Strike two, up he flew
Scamper, stop, at the top
Strike one, down he did run
One chime backward time
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Year in Flowers
Crocus popping up through the snow
Heralds spring with purple glow
Rich-hued iris follows soon
Bluebells play a pastel tune
Wild roses, lilies frilled
Poppies, pansies fill the field
Bleeding heart and columbine
Hang like jewels on the vine
Sweet lavender, bright snapdragons
Rainbow roses fill the gardens
Ornate carnations to celebrate
With baby’s breath so delicate
Summer goes with forget-me-nots
Exotic orchids fill winter’s pots
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Interruptions
The time seemed interminable
Nothing to do
The very idea – somehow it’s true
The depths seemed unfathomable
Nothing to see
The hard expectation – a great mystery
The roads seemed innumerable
Nothing to know
The long lonesome journey – the right way to go
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Path Not Found
Planets rotate in the sky
Slowly pass me by
I hold on dangling so high
Can’t find place to land
People all around me stand
Who will take my hand?
Ground keeps shifting in this race
Can’t hold onto space
I blink, I’m in a different place
Endless hall of mirrors
Time’s mirages – minutes, years
Ringing in my ears
Grains of sand spill out, away
I can’t make them stay
Clashing notes and strange tunes play
Running through my mind
Memory clips repeat, rewind
Searching – what to find?
