They Say It's Only A Concept

They say things they don't mean.

I have this odd fascination with time.

With the changes it entails:

From horse to engine.

With the moments it represents:

Like the most cherished memory.

With how swiftly it flows:

Like the most dexterous cat.

I should mention cameras.

Did you know they could freeze it?

A photograph sometimes isn't as cruel as the sheer thought.

You can hold onto it, it won't slip away this time.

Time. 

There it is again.

It seems like you won't ever go away.

But once you're gone you're never coming back.

I get confused sometimes (go away!)

I say I miss it, but I really miss the people.

Who they were; who we were.

Some would say it's time to move on.

How can it do this?

It's only a concept, yet so dauntingly infinite.

At least I can prove our friendship was something real.

Thank God for that camera.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

interesting topic. grand in scope. you capture the features of time and its capabilities. and i like that in contrast the camera is the only thing that can capture and freeze time. great poem.

[Brittany W]

The poem is very fascinating, i enjoyed reading it, i hope to see more from you :)

[Jupiter Jazz]

Fascinating poem. I look bacl on a few of my memories and regret not taking pictures, and I've always thought how odd must be for old people to look back and think of radios as the "it" invention and now be faced with ipods and stuff like that. Very intriguing poem indeed =)

[Tkess]

Time is an abstract. This thing we made up to make things easier for ourselves. But, does it really make things easier or just harder to see things in our past as anything other that memories?

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"the proof of the pudding lies in the eating"
nonetheless, this is an incredibly vivid
and intelligent piece of writing

[miSS LEaf]

Time is fascinating, i like what you said in this poem.