Another Time, Another Place
The clock on the wall doesn’t chime anymore,
But its dust dances long into the night.
No-one stares at the hands of time more than once,
And lives to tell the tale.
I saw a reflection in the mirror
But the face looking back wasn’t mine.
I tried to search for the answer
But it was another place and another time.
There are too many holes in my memory
Like Swiss cheese melting in the midday sun.
My life is forever spiralling out of control
Like a tangled piece of string.
You can find one end opening up to you
The other closed like a coiled spring.
I found myself at the crossroads
Looking for a path that no one has been before.
I’ve collected footsteps before dawn
And searched for a million rainbow ends.
I’ve danced in the rain with strangers
Laughing at nothing funny at all.
Realised that even lonely people are never alone
Is it our destiny to rise and fall?
Stone hearts are two a penny
They rise and fall to the sound of silence.
Don’t look over your shoulder at the past
It can catch you faster than you will know.
I thought I saw your face in a window
But it must have been another time and place.
We might pass each other in a different lifetime,
Not giving a second glance to each other.
The mirror falls silently from the wall
Never to reveal its true reflection.
It is like climbing up the wall and jumping off
And forever falling into the void.
You must wake up before you hit the ground
Or be forever in another time and place.
Copyright © Rob Meader | Year Posted 2008
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