The Irony of Time

Re: Daylight Savings Time

Fatigue and ennui
those dastardly twins
have sapped the very
marrow from my bones.

The bare trees clack in the wind
as I walk by as if to wake me
from this stupor that befalls me
whenever the seasons change into their woolens.

The blasted clock saves me no time,
instead it wreaks havoc with my circadian rhythm.
When I wake I do not recognize the morning sky
and evening seems much too ready to jump out from the shadows.

My sluggish body languishes in the time
of just the other day, while my responsibilities insist
that I step to this foreign schedule and I wonder why...
a policy to save energy has completely zapped me of mine.

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

The blasted clock saves me no time,
instead it wreaks havoc with my circadian rhythm.
When I wake I do not recognize the morning sky
and evening seems much too ready to jump out from the shadows.

An amazing season write reaching down to the finest depths of expression and winter imagery. In short … I love.

[icelandicblue]

Glad you like this one Pryde. Thanks so much ; )

[Pryde Foltz]

I did … a real classic for me:)

[Ed Hart]

yes, yes...this began for us back in the caves when the season slowed on the horizon and we hunkered within ourselves, sluggish to leave the fire, facing the need for sticks and herbs and a slow rabbit

[icelandicblue]

A long and checkered history then. Thanks for your thoughts.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"who knows where the time goes" as judy collins sang.

and this poem reminds me so much of me yesterday...exactly how i felt...the extra hour's sleep seem to have the opposite effect on me...i was more worn out.

it's the season's change...and that early darkness in the evening...such a damper.

nicely visual poem, Anne.

[icelandicblue]

Thanks jacob. One would think an extra hour would have the opposite effect but that early darkness just makes me feel closed in.

[Baby Ricochet]

Time creeps up on you until one day you say "Where did all the time go?"

[icelandicblue]

That is the absolute truth! Thanks BR.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah, this is how I feel in the spring. I actually always like this change, because I like waking up to the light, but I do understand your meaning.

[icelandicblue]

I hate them both equally ha ha. Thanks KL.

[therisa]

Only want to sigh, and go back to bed. I hate this switching of time, as it wrecks my internal clocks, for several weeks, before my body adjusts, to the new reality. Have hard enough time, getting my proper sleep, as is. We can blame GWB, for the latest adjustment, to the daylight saving headache, as he move the time up for its start and back, for its end. And the world meekly followed him. Grrrr. A beautiful and poetic rant, Icelandicblue.

[icelandicblue]

I totally agree. Here we've "gained" an hour and I am totally exhausted. I wish they'd stop tinkering with the time!

[therisa]

Best solution is, do away with it, as most businesses are operating 24/7, anyways.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

It seems the oder we get the harder it is to adjust to the time change. Amazing what difference an hour can make.

[icelandicblue]

I just wish they'd leave the clocks alone!!! It is amazing what one hour difference can make. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

I don't understand why they still do it anymore. Some states actually don't.

[icelandicblue]

I know...I'm so jealous! I wish we'd stop.