Oliver Mckeithan Poet Free verse

Time Marches On

Time Marches Forward

Our relationship is done
we can no longer continue.
The hands of time have
stopped for us.

It is too late to turn
back the clock.
For a while we had
great fun.
But the ticking clock
marked the denouement
of our time together.

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Trina Layne April 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM Congratulations Oliver! Your ending was abrupt. It left me wondering. Couldn't the clock be repaired? Maybe it just needed a change of batteries... Trina Layne April 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM I'm with you, Oliver ... it just seemed so harsh. The romantic part of my brain was looking for a way, not to go back ... because time moves in one direction, but to regain the love which was lost somehow. Idk. Oliver Mckeithan April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM Thanks Trina. The love between the two of them was gone so time for them together ceased.

Mystic Rose Rose April 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM It is very sad when a relationship comes to an end. thanks for sharing this dear poet Oliver Mckeithan April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM Thanks Mystic. It is sad.

Dufflite Xetaw April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM Great piece. Such stoic acceptance of the end and acknowledgement of time's unrelenting march. Leaving lovers in it's wake. Beautiful. Oliver Mckeithan April 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM Thank you for your comments.

Tom Cunningham April 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM Sadly it wasn't meant to be, time for both parties to try and move on. Tom Oliver Mckeithan April 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM True. Fortunately this is a fictional piece Tom. Thanks for the read