Time Peace

Freeverse

There is a tall clock in that hall.

We know that it's been there forever 

but we c**k an ear before we can hear it, 

before paying enough attention. 

Yet it is there, we know that - sometimes.

It seems to know that we are here - all times.

It is so serious while we laugh. 

What a one-way tick-tock tryst -

it can be missed when attention is but a mist.

(placed here 16 May 2026)

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Andrew. I like the play on words in your title. This poem amused me. Yes, clocks are so serious aren’t they, steady and serious and quite dull, unless you have one that chimes. Now wouldn’t it be fun to have a clock chiming laughter:) Hope you are well my friend, you have been quiet lately. All good wishes.