Time's Endless Deaths

The clocks - tick, hum, blink
knowing they count only coup
on time's passing

No bagpipes mourn
time's endless deaths
her moments laid to rest

Yet time as stoic
mourns them all
as sunrise moves to set

Time is - and was - and so must be
a shadow of its self

John G. Lawless
5/19/2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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May 18, 2020 at 8:37 PM
Time itself an endless musing. I like this a lot. xomo
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