Watchmaker, watchmaker make me a watch,
Which tells me I'm time, which shan't be forgot.
I want it to yell in yodels and songs sung by a lady,
Whenever I'm adrift in my mind full of lies in fantasy.
Use cogs and quarts to bind the time to my soul,
Tie wires and wheels to my veins and my vessels.
Tick me with tocks of the clock on my wrist,
So never again shall another minute be missed.
So watchmaker, watchmaker make me a watch,
As we're struck on another roman numeral notch.
Categories:
watchmaker, bereavement, depression, emotions, life,
Form: Couplet
The watchmaker takes time to perfect his craft
He begins with a desire
One to learn and to feed off of for motivation
One he can use to seek out inspiration
He can find inspiration in the finer things
And in the fine details of the lesser things
Every aspect of his life ignites a fire within that pushes him
One that pushes him to move forward
He moves forward through criticism and hate
Through the non believers and the misinformed
And he moves forward through time
He learns that life is always moving
The hands of time are now his to manipulate
He can set things how he likes
But whether the hands move or not
Time keeps going
Categories:
watchmaker, courage, desire, inspiration, passion,
Form: Free verse
Somewhere a watch is heard;
Riding the waves as the gears turn.
Echoes within ripples, never ends.
The waves splash, the shore bends.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..
The freeze of the past, a misty rain.
Forever here to last, memories reign.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..
Seconds viciously tearing, ripping;
Away at my mind chipping, daring.
To be at a loss, to be frozen.
Between my gums a piece of floss,
Fragile teeth cracking; broken.
Tick-tock, tick-tock..
Condensation icy on its face;
Its hands angry and shaking in place.
Screaming as minutes fade,
Dripping water; ripples made.
Tick-tock..
Life in time - this tomb of mine.
Tick..
Categories:
watchmaker, grief, introspection, longing, lost
Form: Free verse
spot scope focused down
surgeon's hands nimbly adjust
waiting for my time
Categories:
watchmaker, time
Form: Senryu
Physics
Calculus
Uranium
And Plutonium
Every resource we can find
To make a better tomorrow
From passenger planes to fighter jets
Nuclear power to atomic bombs
From standard jeeps to giant tanks
To North Korea and Vietnam
From music players to sonic booms
Electricity to radiation
From medicines to poisons
To the opposite of creation
Inventions that cross between
Commodity and sheer destruction
Forest fires, napalm gas, and inhuman chemistry
Our arsenal of megadeath unleashed above the skies
Sacrifice of conscience to obtain more weaponry
Caught between the vultures of politics and lies
The space race
The arms race
The race to end mankind
If only I had known
I would have become a watchmaker
Categories:
watchmaker, life, political, war
Form: Free verse