beating

clocks and hearts, beating in tune with time ending

beating

 

as my heart drums a rhythm

past the beat of broken lives

it shakes, it shudders, and breaks like

finely manicured porcelain

without the presence of cracks or chips.

 

the incessant rumble of fleeting time

displayed, like a movie marquee,

the clock….tick tock….

keeps running so fast,

fast as

children to a swing set

in parks now closed and wrapped.

 

these hearts (and clocks) now stopped…

needing shocked to life

to begin anew,

to repeat a newly struck

beat…revives a life

now finished,

at last.

 

dan © 2015

Author's Note

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

Time is ever fleeting. How wonderful it would be if we could simply rewind it...

"the incessant rumble of fleeting time
displayed, like a movie marquee,
the clock….tick tock….
keeps running so fast,
fast as
children to a swing set
in parks now closed and wrapped."

Your words remind us to heed our every footstep, Dan.

[dan]

Thanks for your read/review. I always appreciate your opinion, thanks again. Sorry, bad dah.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this makes me think of how we waste time now, fretting over things, working too much, running everywhere and never spending moments just to appreciate life.
also how kids rarely go out and play like we did...they are inside on their video games and apps...
texting but not testing the waters outside...
life does need to be revived...the parks need to be unwrapped and reopened.

we need for time to stop like in the clock tower in "Back to the Future."

[dan]

Jacob, Thank you very much. I put a lot of thought, and time, into this one to get it just right; the themes you mention in your review...I guess I did pretty well expressing my thoughts, your interpretation hits the nail on the head or, at least, very very close. And invoking "Back to the Future" will always get my attention! Thanks again. take care...dan