always dreaming of another way to wrestle with time…
to see my path through the hourglass of dreaming,
of moments that spiral without reason to nowhere specific
except the path
that is meant for me…
are you lost now in nothingness?
i thought you said you trust
the stepping stones you feel
with your barefeet, eyes closed.
you know that time hides behind thorns sometimes…
yet, i thrive
and live with its heartbeat
that never stops to lead its way.
stand still now, precious moment
you pierce me
lead me now to forever
© r.e.l. 12/28/10
submitted to caesura 2/5/14
**this post is for Thursday Poets Rally Week 36 (12/29-1/5/11) on Promising Poets
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my pleasure
Robin,
Rightly so! Grappling with time and forever losing. Fascinating!
and forever being timeless 🙂
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I really like these lines
stand still now, precious moment
you pierce me
Thanks!
me too 🙂
How we struggle with time sometimes. I love how this poem shows the grappling with it.
Great work!
JP
http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/new/
i’m fascinated by time… i think einstein was on to something 🙂
super magical piece,
lead you to forever, that’s fantastic longing..
uncertainty makes life worthwhile,
poem on,
Glad to have you in…
Cheers!
xx
yes, i have a thing for uncertainty and the magic that can be there if you are open to it 🙂 thanks, jingle
Fascinating!! Love it.
Happy New Year!!
thank you 🙂 you too
Fascinating lines.. You have a wonderful style of poetry.. I admire it.. BTw, you have a nice blog here and I love to browse your blog more and to enjoy your featured poems too..
–Someone is Special–
thanks for letting me know.. hope you like some other poems too 🙂
I, too, wrote about time tonight. I like your use of hourglass and heartbeat.
🙂 the ancient way to set time, and i ilke to think of time beating to its own heartbeat. thanks 🙂
Happy Rally!
Nice addition for rally! Love this!
thanks, kellie… you too
Loved reading the thoughts.
Happy New Year
thank you… time is a good one for the new year 😉
I love this. Right now is the only time I have. This is well-crafted. Thank you!
be present with “time” wherever time is (whatever that means 🙂
I love the imagery in this. My favorite line is: “you know that time hides behind thorns” Boy, is this true!
yes, the thorns i think are what keep us from truly envisioning our best future.. the fears in the thorns have power. so we need to look at them 🙂
I too like the imagery of ‘lead you to forever’.
Great take on our struggle with time!
it’s all about timing 😉 thanks for visiting…
If we could only make time stand still.
Thank you for sharing!
http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/nye/
you can 🙂
Wonderful words.
Anita.
http://anitaspoetry.blogspot.com/2010/12/poison.html
thank you… that you enjoyed. i’ll check out yours…
A perfect reflection for the end-of-the year.
Time–a human construct. And we only have the present moment.
Happy New Year, Robin
My rally: http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/darkness-is-only-a-degree-of-light/
yes, time a human construct… life seems better without it 🙂
Time is often elusive, not only hiding behind thorns but also racing away, sometimes hidden for a day, sometimes more, but who can keep score?
no need to keep score 🙂
time, time…
time they say is the only cure and time alone can heal broken hearts. but will time remove the scars?
it got me thinking. well done.
happy new year and happy rallying.
Thanks,
Cha
http://chaspalette.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/she-is-her-but-not-her/
time transforms them ….
“time hides behind thorns, sometimes”… Yes, the heartbeat of time never stops. Just a wonderful, thoughtful poem.
😉 thanks for commenting…
if only we could have time at our command… lovely piece!
we can if we see it in the right way 🙂
I love your line, “…time hides behind thorns…” You have a very lyrical voice.
Happy New Year!
thank you… 😉
Hi Robin, I very much like the images you’ve given through your verse, hourglass of dreaming is quite eloquent 🙂
Even I’m trying to wrestle with time, though I end up losing quite often.. 😉
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thank you.. words and time make for some awesome images together 🙂
TIME IS THE ONLY CONSTANT. HOW WE DEAL WITH IT OR ITS EFFECT ON US IS ONLY ONE QUEST. GOOD WRITE.
thanks, sam… i could go on and on about the concept of time…
“time hides behind thorns” is so poetic. You really have talent.
As a reader, I say “This is incredible!” As a competitor, my reaction is more along the lines of “Uh-oh…”
I wish you the best of luck in the Poets Rally Week 36. Not that you’ll need it ;D
thanks, imagination…..
we are all in this together, no competition… happy new year
We never realize how precious those moments are…Thanks!
the most precious 😉
thought you said you trust
the stepping stones you feel
with your barefeet, eyes closed.
My mind’s eye won’t even close for that. That is trust.
yes, trust… 😉
Happy new year friend!
lovely poem dear..how i wish we could capture time and seize all our prcious moments and make them last 😀
i’m working on it 🙂 happy new year to you too….
Very good poem, thanks for sharing
😉
Beautiful poem…thank you for sharing.
🙂
Loved the closing lines !! straight on point ! touching lines 🙂
yes 🙂
you did great for this one..mines here for this thursday- http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/hunger/
thanks 😉
very well crafted piece on a elusive theme, thanks for sharing
my favorite kind of theme. elusive….
moved your comment to the award post section,
there are quite a few poets coming in today not notified awards yet, I don’t want to distract their participation…
you may check the link to see, I changed the comment option to pop up,
so you can use Name/URL now..
Happy Rally.
😉
Thanks for taking the awards.
ok, ooops. thanks for the award 🙂
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Beautiful
mine
http://hindawy.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/home-is-not-here/
thanks for visiting.. i value all insight 😉
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