Time is very much like a RIVER
Throwing up GHOSTS to make us SHIVER
And leaves us sweating and COLD
How many like Faust have their souls sold?
DELIVERING webs so WICKED
With no return journey,life is but a one way ticket
That the mind freezes
And our world teases
So many with a tormented mind
From which rarely can they solace find
How can we escape this cold phantasmagoria
To translate it into full blown ecstatic euphoria ?
There never can be a proper escape
From time's oppressive chronological rape
I drink of your company
and dine on your laughter
I bathe in your kisses
and glow ever after
You fuel me forever
We are a force divine
and I expect our love to last all tests of time
Love to Last the Test of Time
I wrote you a poem in real time in IM on a phone! Artimus (C) Susan Manley 12:45AM 11/12/23
The test of time
When they look down on you
Just let them be
They don't deserve your worth
That is if they know your value
Don't get angry over every rejection
Some are also in your favour
Take a time to study who you are
If you found out who you are
Grow it and go for it
This is the biggest remedy
Of life
The test of time
No all that glitters are gold
But use every good chance properly
Some times we can't be up to date
But make sure your mind power
Never lose focus
We are meant to grow by time
But it depends on what you will grow with
Challenging time are always around
It doesn't take time to be in them
Despite how good or strong you are
You can't run away from
Yourself in life mostly
From the act of
The test of time
Test of Time
there's always more
trapped between quotation marks
the metal parasites resume an ancient harmony
clockwise the numbers rhyme again
eight ways to cheat infinity
one version less tonight
the little bulb above my head
blinks off and on
like crossing wires to watch the motor burn
grounded to this bookend night
at last the first condition met
I had a diary as a child
writing what I would do
instead of what I'd done
my invented future lived in a drawer
300 mostly blank pages
a young boy sits at his desk
the time between us breathing
through an ocean of decay
I don't know what to tell him
or if he's even there
decades snap apart like twigs
in a fire I cannot start
my past is filling up as
my future drains away
now I'm living in reverse
unwriting my protected life
bottom to top right to left
another ending bends towards
this parallel reminder
time tells a vocabulary
time tells a tale of a grand vocabulary
the test of time is the test of a grand vocabulary
the test of time is the test of a grand magician
time is a test of time
time is a test of a grand magician
time is a test of a grand vocabulary
vocabulary is a grand tale
vocabulary is a grand tale of a magician
a grand magician is a grand tale of a magician
vocabulary is a magician vocabulary
vocabulary is a grand vocabulary
test of time is a magician grand vocabulary
test of time is a test of a future
test of time is a test of a grand future
test of time is a test of a vocabulary
the test of time is the test of a grand tale
a grand future is a grand vocabulary
the future is a grand future
the future is the future of a grand vocabulary
the future is the future of a grand tale
R-ight love at the proper time
H-as brought pure delight;
O-n the twenty-eighth of June,
D-evotion sets things aright.
E-nthusiasm stands the test of time,
L-osing not the fire inside;
Y-es, it truly stays forever,
N-ever going to subside.
M-irth stands the test of time,
A-nger doesn't live longer;
N-either hate nor rancor
L-asts until forever.
A-ffection truly brings
N-othing but joy sublime;
G-reatest gift of love
I-s standing the test of
T-ime.
There is one life
There is one truth
You are my angel
But I fail to recognize you
I stand here the noose around my scruffy neck
can’t stand it anymore time has arrested and
the hangman had to answer just another call
Have done no wrong stood firm in the face
of interrogation did not mumble a single word
have merely voiced my point of view dissented
The fading sun is blood red on the horizon
like the revolution waiting for a song of change
no blindfold please and get it over and done with
But the executioner is so busy at the gallows
the bottom does not drop for one final shout
to squeeze from my throat in firm conviction
I stamp on the floor but the fall lies in waiting
the last supper now merely a distant memory
but should I not look forward when passing on
Finally there is movement as the scaffold trembles
snapped crumbled crunched to pieces the sky recedes
yet there is no silence but can I dream when dead
Shaking with tremor the ground opens up in justice
it was not my fault but the earthquake came in time
and the rope guides me from underneath the rubble
(Verse 1)
Baby, our love is still beating strong,
After all these years
Two kids married, with emotional fears
Two scared hearts, beating oh, so strong
(Verse 2)
Well, the fires still burning
Since our first kiss
Two souls, still glowing, heavens bliss
Blue eyes to blue eyes, still twinkling, burning
(Verse 3)
Darling, our lives went through many ups and downs
As others created drama
We left nothing, turn our smiles into frowns, as we listened to your mama
Through life, we adjusted, to the drama queens karma
And nevet left others, tear us down
(Verse 4)
Our love has passed, the the test of time
As the years drifted by,
We ignored those we met
This is why our lives are blessed, as we never ever forget
Our hearts still beat as one, just knowing, we stood that test of time
Stacy, I Love You!!!!!
Back in the day
I stood rigid against the sky
Dressed in crimson red
I could be seen from one hill to the next
I was the shelter for many on this land
Sometimes the farmer would stand
Pitchfork in hand
Leaning against my door frame
Watching a storm roll through
Knowing I would protect him
Summer time my mouth hung open
As they filled me with square meals
Of sweet smelling hay
Through the white winters
I held in the warmth for my friends
As they bedded down for the night
Through the years
My naked boards have peeled skin deep
I now moan and groan
Leaning slightly to the left
Against the Iowa winds
Few seek my shelter
Afraid my boarded bones will splinter
Yet I still stand here
As a reminder to all who pass
That these memories are what
Hold me together
Standing against the test of the
Midwest time
Jennifer Kiesling (c)2016
J-ust stand the test of time,
A-lthough it's so very hard;
N-ext is pray to the Lord,
S-o you can move forward.
E-nough strength is important to weather the strong storm;
N-eed to possess true faith to endure trials in firm form.
R-emain steadfast in hope,
A-sk the Father in the sky;
M-ind not the tribulation,
I-n the first morn of July.
R-ain in torrents happen,
E-vening chill isn't sublime;
Z-ealously stay on the gound, just stand the test of time.
So sad she weeps like a willow
Tears no-one sees on her pillow
Heartache for those she couldn’t save
Pictures will haunt her to her grave
Lack of justice has been unfair
Corruption is too much to bear
It isn’t their lives on the line
She wipes tears to show she is fine
But distant screams can still be heard
They said, don’t you dare say a word
Courage brings her through the silence
She jumps over barbwire fence
She runs away, she runs real fast
A test of time to be the last
Only faith now, will the good rise
Above the wrong doing, she cries
*8 syllables each line
Heidi Sands
Secrets blowing in the wind
Another gift, another lift
Words whispered from the soul
Echoing in the chamber of my heart
Looking ahead to the dreams we'll have
It's what we believe in
No turning back
Chosen ----- Frozen
Lost in love
Lost in life
Wiping away all the tears
Soothing all our fears
Together our friendship
will survive the test of time
Repost-11/12/2014
Write Me A Happy Contest
Secrets blowing in the wind
Another gift, another lift
Words whispered from the soul
Echoing in the chamber of my heart
Looking ahead to the dreams we'll have
It's what we believe in
No turning back
Chosen ----- Frozen
Lost in love
Lost in life
Wiping away all the tears
Soothing all our fears
Together our friendship
will survive the test of time
Test of Time
It Has Been a Long Time
Since We Stood and Said "I Do"
I Loved You Then I Love You Now
My Heart Belongs to You
Today You Sent Me Flowers
They Were Pretty as Can Be
And Such a Sweet Reminder
Of the Love You Have for Me
So Rare, with So Much Beauty
Our Love Will Always Be
You and I Together
For Everyone to See
I Wonder If They Notice
How You Make Me Feel
You Lift Me up So High
You Make My Senses Reel
We Have Stood the Test of Time
Who Could Ask for More
Especially When You Love Me
Behind Our Bedroom Door
I Love You
Connie Moore
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