This is the Place

This is the place

that time is born

quick as its pace

we soon will mourn

such is its grace

we feel a scorn

yet we still race

to hold its form

this impossible chase

of nevermore

 

Time doesn’t understand

this relentless pursuit

when its granted

out of hand

nor the treasure

of our youth

or the measure

of its remand

so it never

gives commute

for the pleasure

of our demand

 

and if you ask

for its name

it may reply

constant change

for if you bask

in the frame

soon your site

is not the same

my endless task

is to break the planes

of the here and now

and can't be tamed

 

 

 

© 2024 Robert Trakofler

Reviews

[Eilis]

I always enjoy the playful lyricism of your work. Even when the subject matter is not cheery or playful you have a way of expressing yourself that is undergirded with a kind of light.

Time is such a funny concept. It seems so simple but if you actually think about it there’s the realization that it’s about as elusive as trying to grab the wind. I have been reading a book about the amount of time an average human can expect to have on earth (which is about 4000 weeks) and how that limitation can hopefully help us understand the finite nature of our lives. But still there’s that difficulty grasping haha. Still I go on thinking I have plenty of time for everything.

I liked, most, the sense you captured here of sitting and watching time do its work. It is a sort of passive work but when you reach a certain point in life this evidence becomes almost painful and certainly inescapable. Watching loved ones age, our treasured places, treasured belongings. Nothing escapes the birth and cycles of time. That was a vivid part of your poem for me that I will carry forward. I do enjoy your poem explorations, Robert.

[Robert Trakofler]

I do believe that your reviews are almost as good as your poetry:) I am on the three year mark of my rebirth after my last heart attack and I guess that makes me keenly aware of what time is a precious commodity to be sure but also I think of the physics aspect of time as well

[Eilis]

That is a big milestone. I’m glad you’re here sharing your words with us today.

[MCS]

This reads like spring warm air, thank you for the experience. Will come back for more:)

[Robert Trakofler]

Thanks so much !!!

[Pryde Foltz]

I am feeling an incredible sense of deja vu. here. Either way, I loved this existential write.

[Robert Trakofler]

Deja vu what do you mean? Tell me more:) this one was a bit different for me I was creeping around in my workshop and came across a birds nest I had saved years ago and decided to put a pocket watch in it lol and I said to myself that this is the place time is born and poof I wrote this poem

[Pryde Foltz]

I feel like I read this in a dream before.

[Robert Trakofler]

Wow I love that what a great place to be… inside of a Pryde’s dream:) I hope I can visit there more often!!!!

[Pryde Foltz]

Haha ... indeed:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think you quite break the planes very nicely, brother bunny.
Your poetry is always a refreshing break from the morose voices we all seem to share so often.
You show that poetry still can be written to make the reader smile with a semblance of hope.
j.

[Robert Trakofler]

Thank you so much Jacob:) That is exactly what I have been trying to do:) Get my head out of the yuck that has been surrounding us lately when we read something sometimes we just want a little whimsy with a side of joy lol