One Day To Live

If I only had one day to live,
I think I would watch the clock.
Nothing slower in this life I live,
than watching that thing tick tock.

A minute stretches into hours,
the hours stretch into days.
Your body seems to lose it’s powers,
your mind envelops foggy haze.

I’d pin my lids open so not to doze,
reading kama sutra as I wait.
Might as well think sweet repose
as I approach my impending fate.

Then as I clearly neared the end,
my body and eyes reeking pain.
Closing my eyes, to let it begin,
as I steal a bit of peace again.


for Walayee's "one day to live"contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 2/25/2011 7:01:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win in Walayee Whitlock's contest "If I Only Had 1 Day To Live". Long list of winners so glad to see your name among them Charles. Love, Carol
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Date: 2/22/2011 10:23:00 PM
Charles, congratulations on attaining honorable mention in Walayee's contest with this fine entry.
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Date: 2/22/2011 9:47:00 AM
Great Poem Charles, good to see your most worthy poem's success.. Congratulations on your poem's honored HM. Agape, Moses
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Date: 2/18/2011 9:30:00 PM
This should have been higher. I enjoyed. Love, Joyce
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Date: 2/18/2011 6:12:00 PM
Congratulations on the well deserved win in the contest of walayee, Charles
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Date: 2/18/2011 6:02:00 PM
Congrats Charles on your HM in Lay's contest .. enjoy your very special honor with luv...
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Date: 1/29/2011 9:05:00 PM
Staring at a clock would surely slow down the passage of time. I like the way you constructed this with a bit of humor, Charles. Unique approach. Best wishes in Lay's contest. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 1/27/2011 6:56:00 PM
Haaaaaaaa! watching the clock would certainly slow it down Charles. Witty! Please check your eMail, it's about my entry if you haven't placed the poems yet. Agape, Moses
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Date: 1/27/2011 5:36:00 PM
Brilliant write Charles.. good luck in the contest ..with luv..
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