Best Keeps On Ticking Poems

System of events so dramatic it reinvents.
My wisdom over lends a static in a sense.
I give them my hands in return for amends,
Even though it is them who never understands.

Shackled and chained, felt internal pain.
Condemned to complain, alone I remain.
I forget my name, hide my...

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The day drags its feet, despite my efforts to speed up its pace. I got up late, so that I could sleep away the morning hours, aiming for a shorter day. Yet it’s only half past ten and I’ve already eaten breakfast and put my...

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I've got a heart that holds the answers.
And I've got the strength to carry on.
And if you think you've got the questions.
I've got the answers, to what you need.
And I've got a clock that keeps on ticking.
I've got a heart that follows along..

I've got a...

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How can a day last for so long
and a year go by so fast?
I'm racing for the future
with my wheels spinning in the past.

If the rain never stops.
How come the wells run dry?
I feel I can cry a river 
but there's not a tear in...

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If you wait long enough, things will surely start clicking
Your elbows, your knees, then your eyes will start flicking
You'll bump into doors
Trip on things on the floor
But everything's okay as long as ye ole heart keeps on ticking...

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As we lay here in our bed, somewhat like two strangers force to share the last hotel room at 
Mary K convention. At the morning table I try to hide behind my paper, trying as hard as I 
can to avoid an even modest conversation....

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And here I am again completely weird
But the clock it just keeps on ticking
But not the only reason why I'm tired
And my eyes they keep on flickering

When outside all these flashing lights
The sound of cars keep whishing on by
It's no good all these sleepless nights
If...

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Luke Dailey
December 25, 2014

Everything is topping up
The Lunatic has struck his luck
By waiting like a sitting duck
He found his “Stomach-tuck”

His stomach-tuck’s a golden goose
Or is it his final noose?
Everything is going round
But where is it going down

Is time a river or a line?
Nothing here is...

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(Inspired by Joe Bonamassa's "Midnight Hours")

Oh, how I hate
when sunlight has fled,
Misery visits
as I lie in bed.

I simply can’t sleep.
I just feel so bad.
By midnight’s hour
I’m sadder than sad.

The clock keeps on ticking
and  louder it seems
as I keep wishing
to fall into dreams

Chorus:
 Thoughts of...

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Standing at the Center of my Moment
While writing these lines
I think of all the worlds moments
Taking up the worlds time.

Grains of Sand in an hour glass
dropping moment by moment
filling every moment with memories
that make up our lives.

It's 4:00 a.m. here and a whole new day...

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(ads from the 70's and 80's)


If a diamond is forever,
then love is the San Francisco treat.
Just a little dab’ll do ya
so be all that you can be.

It’s the cheesiest, so just do it
you can have it your way.
So reach out and touch someone
it’s the best...

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The heart wants to love,
 Yet, we hate.
   In the face of chaos,
 It steps up to the plate.

   The heart wants to understand
 Yet, we are confused.
   It keeps on pumping in spite of
 Being abused.

  ...

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I'm chasing my shadow
Walking in circles
Caught in a daydream
That keeps spinning round

Speaking in riddles
Using unspoken words
Whispered so softly
Never making a sound

In a world of unknowing
Time has no purpose
The clock keeps on ticking
While both hands are bound

This place in my darkness
Life is contrary 
A world colored...

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I find myself at a quandary,
A hopeless dead-end alley.
I sit, I think, I wait, I despair,
I rack my brain for remembrance.
I search seas and find nothing.

I am a sailor without stars,
An explorer without a compass,
A globe without a north.
Blank and lost I sit,
Hoping to remember.

I...

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I'M ALL OUT OF DREAMS
OBEDIENCE TAKES OVER
YOU ARE THE GENERAL
I AM THE SOLDIER

I'M ALL OUT OF PATIENCE 
I LOOK THROUGHT THE WINDOW
YOU SET THE BAR DOWN 
I'M STUCK IN THIS LIMBO

I'M ALL OUT OF STRENGTH
I'M WEAK AND I'M QUESY
YOU PUSH ON MY CHEST 
GRIP TIGHT...

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