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Clock

December 26, 2010
By bassoonkid PLATINUM, Bountiful, Utah
bassoonkid PLATINUM, Bountiful, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"Believe in yourself... The major work of the world is done by ordinary people who have learned to work in the extraordinary ways" Gordon B. Hinckley


The source of my distress comes from a simple machine.
Constructed by that of man, not of God;
Now I’d realized why it keeps you away from me.

It marks the days of all my joy!
And yet, it does not stay for long;
Because unknowingly it takes you away from me
Lost in doubt, but sure enough, brings you back again.

Only if it would cease its infernal ticking,
And stop the bands of time.
If only love did not have to wait;
Because of a constant rhyme.
Ringing in upon our midnight dance it keeps me wide awake
Cause one moment it’s here and then soon it’s gone
Its frantic little ticking marks the end of my own fate.


The author's comments:
My sweetheart went on a trip for a month, and I am missing her very much. It seems time is my joy and my pain, because the more time that passes the closer she is to being back, but at the same time it sais she is gone more and more.

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on Feb. 21 2012 at 10:02 pm
otherpoet SILVER, Wayland, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn

Well, this is simply incredible! You capture anxioius emotion very well and I could really feel what I thought the poem wanted me to. I also read the author's note and thought it was super sweet! Great writing!