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She is forever running, fleeing from her past,
Yet she ends up constantly blurring the line

 Between past and future.

They haunt at night, not the Ghosts,

But the echoes of the past that will reverberate with a rising sun.
He tries to hide under sheets, 
While she tries to hide between his warmth. 
This constant ebb and flow that curses us so profoundly
The curse of ‘day in day out’ that plagues our nights,

 And stops us from dreaming, 

When will it ever end? 
Will their love ever be enough to break these deadly cycles we are born in to? 
But she shies away from the present and into the shadows, 
In the process denying him of his lost love.
He struggles, forever failing in the process

To keep their love together-
Away from the hell that is the future
Or is it the hell of the past ? 

Only time will tell,
But isn't time, those forever ticking hands

Part of your never ending cycle? 
The ticks and the tocks, the measurers of progress,

 The ultimate mockery for all of human kind?

 

Author's Note

tried something a bit different, would love to get some opinions on this...

Reviews

[Eddie Phillips]

This is different but very creative. There are a lot of questions asked in this poem that many lovers have. I like the cyclical nature you explore in the poem. We fight against the echoes of our past and the possibility of a horrible future. For repetition and time are companions to fruitless love. I enjoyed this poem a lot

[Robin]

Nicely done Azriel. Very different for you indeed, but I liked your message. I really enjoyed the first and last stanza. Your message was very clear that even in love time is an enemy. Keep em coming.

[Azriel]

thanks robin, i really do appreciate your words

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Excellent read and write.

[Azriel]

thanks a lot brandon

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~ i won't bother you with philosophical inputs... ~ i'll just say that this is a beautiful piece of writing... a very compelling read... ~ only these questions can lead to answers about love, about evolution, about the meaning of time etc. etc. ... ~ glad to read a new post on your page... :)

[Azriel]

thanks again serah and yea i do agree with what you said about the questions... but i do think that i have the answers to the majority of those questions... also i'll try to post more regularly, just so pressed for time now...

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:)

[Terohime]

Yes it is different from your usual work, but it still was a good piece.
~Res

[Azriel]

thanks res.