Winding Down

Silent witness to it all

                                                             

For years the old clock hung in stately grace,

 

In the hallway; marking both time and the living room,

 

Watching over the comings and goings of the family

 

Never complaining, always a look of sympathy upon its face

 

It's withered hands marking time's both the good and the bad

 

Always chiming out in good cheer;

 

Just what it thought of the things it saw never giving a clue

 

Weddings, funerals, accomplishments achieved;

 

It was there through it all; rock steady, dependable

 

 

Reviews

[Marie]

A clock just keeps on working...good hours and bad...

[Michael Stevens]

Yep; thanks Marie!

[Isabel25]

Just imagine the amount of stories it could pour out if it could actually talk. Such things always fascinate me; clocks, walls, trees- the stoic members in our lives we always take for granted. The ones who have always stood by, while seasons changed and people moved on.

[Michael Stevens]

Just imagine; yes indeed; thank you much!

[ANTO]

This is a departure Mike - and a bloody good one it is too. Personifying the clock - representing the passage of time through a house; a family.
This reminded me of a toy clock I had as a child which chimed the tune 'My Grandfathers clock' - great childhood memories came flooding with that tune. Thank you Mike.
as a treat have this - Johnny Cash singing said tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCFXhn9mMB0

[Michael Stevens]

Thank you much for the JC song, great song, great entertainer; kind of says what I was trying to get across!

[ANTO]

Your poem sparked the memories of the song and the google search for th ename of it lead to the late great JC. Connections - like synapses in the universal brain .

[Michael Stevens]

Maybe I was channeling JC?

[ANTO]

So - let me get this straight - JC influenced you to write about a lovely clock that reminded me of a toy I had as a kid, which made me Google the title of said song, that also threw up in the results, JC singing said song. Either he's trying to tell us something or he's desperate for some hits on his YouTube channel.
xD

[Michael Stevens]

I know it doesn't make much sense, but yes, that pretty much covers it; pretty wacky, no?