Yet Another Dimension (Beg, Borrow or Steal)

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau

everyday i wake up

the loose, spare days that i placed on top of the dresser last night are missing

along with the change from spent weeks and months lost between the sofa cushions

i get up to spend another crisp, new day

you innocently bump into me on the street as you stealthily reach into my pocket in a blur

pilfering a few wrinkled, folded years as you smile and say, "sorry, please excuse me sir"

until finally one day i meet you in a dark alley

you're standing in front of me, blocking my path with no way around

"excuse me", i say

"hand it over", you reply

"how much", i respond

"everything", you say, "all of it, the whole enchilada, not just a little while"

this time your hand is in your own pocket clutching cold, black steel, your face is covered and there's no smile

Author's Note

"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

in the music one hears the ticking of time until the music grows....I believe you are alluding to time and how time is spent for each of us....wasting time is a negative, but using time to one's advantage and making time special to us is so important... and we should choose time wisely... and when one's time is up, well that's out destiny; very nicely crafted Pete...
Warmly, B

[Pete]

terrific insight b. - couldn't have explained it better myself. not everyone gets my writing. i tend to write in such a way that multiple interpretations are possible. i've learned that there is no right or wrong in poetry - is only about how it makes the reader think and feel. thanks for sharing ... :)

[Betty Hermelee]

You're every welcome!
Warmly, B

[Ken Simm.]

A apropos poem of atmosphere that is so true. Where said atmosphere and scary wit is woven into the story. Chose, we all have to.

[Pete]

life really is short. every day we choose what is seemingly important to us. we would probably choose differently if we were forced to see it with a different perspective. thank you for sharing thoughts ken, appreciated ... :)

[Gee]

Yep, never know when the grim fella will arrive to catch our last breath.
Nicely done Pete

[Pete]

life is short. time is precious. thanks and happy new year gee ... :)

[Gee]

Happy New year to.you and yours Pete.
Take care