All in one movement, time.

All in one movement, time.

As the little girl

on tip toes, 

body outstretched

reaches with soft hands

to wind the mantel clock

FORWARD.

The frail old lady

with bony appendages

she has become

listens to the

Westminster chimes.

Reviews

[Philip Muls]

Ah time...just a construct of the mind. All we ever have is now.

But you capture a lifetime in a beautiful little poem, bridging decades, by winding the clock forward.

Cleverly done!

[andrew mitchell]

thank you so much Philip for your words and dropping by.

[B. Boileau]

And all at once, a life... youth gone. Days turn into months, into years
and that damn clock never stops. Poignant write my friend.

[andrew mitchell]

It's scary to see Bill, how time flies. With heart disease in our family side I calculate I have a maximum of 13 to 16 yrs left lol and all of that is work, no retirement lol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh wow, one of my favorites from you---

gave me a chill....like Plath's "Mirror"----

and when she was a little girl she probably paid little attention to those chimes.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you so much Jacob. Just wanted to capture those moments where time flies. Yes she would have lost count now to the chimes!!