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Hourglass
August 14, 2016
Lately
I've been getting aches and pains
The right side of my neck
My left shoulder
Maybe they're the accumulated consequences / burdens of
Months of
Non-stop action
Trying to finish everything before the hourglass turns
It's funny how we think time can be counted
Packaged neatly in discrete quantities and units of measurement
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Marching rhythmically in circles
When really it's just
Sand
Falling away in a steady stream
Getting (lost) everywhere
© Carollynn G., Hawthorne, NY
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Dream_Palace SILVER said...
on Aug. 18 2016 at 1:10 pm
Thank you for the kind compliment!
Kimina_Kat PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 17 2016 at 11:42 pm
You put it into words! I've never encountered a better analysis of man-made conceptions of time, simply incredible.
pineappler03 SILVER said...
on Aug. 17 2016 at 6:53 pm
Wow! Words can not describe how amazing this poem is! Absolutely breath taking
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