As the World Spins On By
The schedules on the walls,
The clock hands never stopping,
The shadows falling over the room
Fading from simmering scarlet, orange
Fading to sapphire blue and diamonds in the sky
can't you see
The dishes in the sink
The dust beneath the fridge
The light of the half moon
Waxing to a glowing orb
Waning to a sliver of light
how alone you've been
And before you know it, you’ve
Seen three decades and slept two
Watched as cars rolled by your house
Watched as parades and protests marched on by
Seen the world move on.
so darling take my hand
Tread lightly now, not a sound
On this velvet road of time
Step after step takes us further back
Memories – all of them grey, aging
Become infused with color once again
come along with me now
We stop here.
You’re twenty-three, in a dark room
All alone, curtains shut and blankets in disarray
We stop here.
You’re twenty-two and laughing as lights shine on you, and
i’ll show you the world, please
Don’t hesitate to step in
Between the black and the white
The day everything faded to grey
If only you could see
What you meant to me
don’t leave again
And I know that
When the world abandoned you
It stopped too
You became an analog – a piece frozen in time
Still and silent as the world went on.
i’ll come with you, maybe
We can go up to the roof together
Two little figures stuck in a pocket of time
All by themselves, watching the cars
Forgotten to everything
Watching as the sun rises
we could make a world together
Two people all alone in this lonely life
Would you be happy then?
Would you remember?
If I left for you
If I dared remember you?
and we could watch…
Maybe then you’d come out of that border
Where you’ve been stuck in time
And we could watch…
As the world spins on by.
Copyright © Josephine Ck | Year Posted 2018
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