Marking Time

Marking Time

 

Don’t you just love

the sight,

the sound and the

smell

of a clock marking

  

time ..

I know I do, and for

now it

serves to remind me

I am

  

still very much alive ..

And but

for a breath or two

  

perhaps ..

It can yet seem, my

nemesis

  

is still on my side ..

Reviews

[AYVID N]

I take the nemesis to be death and indeed when that nemesis decides to become a foe, all breath vanishes. This poem is a celebration of being alive, of appreciating the air one can still breathe and subtly highlights the fickleness of life. It takes a moment to drop dead. From a living breathing human to a cadaver lifeless. Great thought and feeling evoked here. Kudos Neville1

[Neville]

can beat an egg, but you just can't beat a bit o kudos can ya ... thanks my friend and very much :)

[AYVID N]

You're welcome, my friend. :)

[John the Baptist]

Interesting word, nemesis. One definition is "a seemingly unbeatable rival." Well, the nemesis mentioned here definitely IS unbeatable. Do all you can to keep in that old boy's good graces.

[Neville]

it seems we are reading from the same hymn sheet John, thanks for the visit and for the tip ..

[willweb]

But just forget to set the alarm one day and...
Time is a funny thing and sometimes I wonder of its existence at all.
I like your perspective on it.

[Neville]

.................... cheers Will & then some :)

[light and ashes]

Cool writing, some people have a thing for clocks. I know someone that does. I liked this.
kinda fun to read.

[Neville]

thank you Light & Ashes .. I must be pretty strange because I have a thing for windows, doors, mirrors and clocks .. but keep it to yourself, otherwise I might get locked up .. Neville

[light and ashes]

lol, many of us here are eccentric..
that is weird, but kind of cool.

[Neville]

its good to know one is never alone .. and it certainly hammers home that safety in numbers thing.

[light and ashes]

Indeed.......

[Beccy]

Indeed, time is our self inflicted nemesis; both inexorable and inescapable, which is why of course we need to live every second of the ticking of our own personal clock.

As for our ending, the Big Bang theory has it that a very long time ago, our universe emerged from a single point of infinite density and gravity, and that prior to the event, space and time did not exist; which to my mind means the Big Bang itself happened at no place or time.

Thus my dear Neville, I am happy to confirm that compared to the much, much bigger picture of existence itself, the ticking of the clock is an irrelevance of our own making and that we as spirits of the Earth as actually immortal. :))

Beccy.

[Neville]

Now wouldn't that be a fine thing our Beccy .. maybe .. Thanks a billion regardless ..... Neville :))

[Chris Shaw]

I can’t say I am particularly happy with a clock ticking , marking the minutes. I would rather not clock watch these days. As to your nemesis, surely you don’t have any arch rivals? Maybe you are referring to the dog days that can cast a shadow over the sunny side of yourself. Whatever, I see this poem in a good light. Hope your day today has been bright, happy and carefree Neville.

Chris

[Neville]

Good lights always make my day our Chris .. cheers.

Neville