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Clocks

November 27, 2012
By Imsda BRONZE, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Imsda BRONZE, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
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I am the dictator of the world
Every day I control every single person
where they go,
what they do,
when they eat,
when they sleep,
This power, I did not choose it or create it.
It was man who turned me into the monster I am.
Hanging me on walls or high above in towers
So people can worship me gazing at my hands
as if they hold their entire being
I reside also on wristband
Traveling with man,
For he can not live without me.
Not one of my minutes goes by without someone gazing up at me
But, I feel trapped often like these hands are run by gears that i can not control,
I do not decide to scream at six seventeen,
I have no choice but to say it is noon go grab your spoon,
I do not enjoy taking people captive with my minutes and hours,
But, they are the ones that allow me to overpower them
They are the ones that let me dwell inside of them,
To consume their mind like some kind of disease
All I truly want is for them to be free
But the torture is not just theirs it is also mine


The author's comments:
This is a persona poem from the point of view of a clock or clocks and how man allows themselves to be controlled by time.

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