only time, constantly
something right
brought me to
carry the fire
shut your eyes or look away
i’m only time, constantly
stopping only
in a memory
© r.e.l. 6/14/11
image of old clocks
Posted for Thursday Poets Rally 6/15-6/22/11 on Promising Poets
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Robin, I really enjoy the way you’re able to capture a moment in such a succinct manner. I just love the notion of time, animated, having the conscience to stop, I’m thinking out of respect, for the past. thanks for posting:)
June 15, 2011 at 4:53 am
you’re welcome… time does seem to stop for me, while continue on for others… and isn’t it really both for all of us at times? i could mess with the notion of time, forever
June 15, 2011 at 8:20 am
gorgeous picture and poem. we should let our heart lead us.
June 15, 2011 at 10:25 am
yes, not the clock
June 15, 2011 at 10:30 am
Lovely, deep and meaning ful!
June 16, 2011 at 3:09 am
June 16, 2011 at 8:47 am
beautiful creativity in your work here. It evokes such peace in the “now.”
June 16, 2011 at 6:03 am
there is peace in the now… i try to make the “now” last as long as possible
June 16, 2011 at 8:47 am
hmmmmm
now this made me think
June 16, 2011 at 8:12 am
me too
June 16, 2011 at 8:46 am
elegant job.
June 16, 2011 at 8:42 am
thank you, jingle
June 16, 2011 at 8:46 am
Indeed a brief yet consuming concept of time; how still we are in the grasp of a memory.
A pleasure reading you once again, Robin.
~Beautiful dreams
Robert Joseph
June 16, 2011 at 10:18 am
thank you, robert, for stopping by… i love time
June 16, 2011 at 10:21 am
Very nice. Every well chosen word in its place and none to waste, Great take on time.
http://henryclemmonspoet.blogspot.com/2011/06/just-man-recording-is-above.html
June 16, 2011 at 7:21 pm
thanks, glad you enjoyed… i always know if a word is off….
June 16, 2011 at 9:07 pm
“Stopping alone in memory” so true, lovely
June 17, 2011 at 10:59 am
yes, time does stop. glad you see it too.
June 17, 2011 at 11:33 am
perfectly true! unstoppable time may be, it can stay in a memory
June 18, 2011 at 10:36 am
yes…
June 18, 2011 at 10:38 am
I can get lost in the flow of time, pausing just to blink, and find things have shifted around me. A memory is the black hole of time, collecting seconds and moments to its center where they become bright flashes and then are gone.
June 18, 2011 at 2:06 pm
i like that description … Thanks
June 18, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Wonderful as always….
June 21, 2011 at 5:14 am
thank you
June 23, 2011 at 9:36 am
Brilliant. Time stops only for a memory — that’s very insightful!
June 22, 2011 at 3:06 am
thanks, yes it does…
June 22, 2011 at 9:56 am
Excellent poem, love live the memory that stops time
June 22, 2011 at 2:47 pm
me too
June 22, 2011 at 9:51 pm
This is a beautiful page. And your words are mesmerizing!
June 23, 2011 at 4:31 am
much appreciated…
June 23, 2011 at 9:32 am
Time – what a power it has! Loved this little read, indeed!
June 24, 2011 at 2:53 pm
definitely
June 25, 2011 at 8:15 am
“shut your eyes or look away
i’m only time”
find this soothing, for some reason.
July 1, 2011 at 5:16 pm
people create anxiety over time constraints. i don’t.
July 1, 2011 at 7:51 pm