Moments Slip Away -> Updown Side February 10, 2011
Posted by nrhatch in Poetry, Word Play, Writing & Writers.26 comments
The Prompt:
Treasured photos fill
time-worn antique ladder shelves
with no space to spare
Ghosts from the past, so
easily resurrected,
crumble back to dust
Life’s treasured moments:
bite-size morsels melting as
soon as they appear
How do we account
for the time we’ve spent chasing
restless empty dreams?
The Reverse ~ Revised:
Restless empty dreams?
Time lost forever to the chase
All to no account.
Ephemeral appearances
Melting in bite-size bits.
Life’s treasured moments
Crumbling back to dust.
Easily resurrected ghosts from the past
Dissipate again
No space to spare.
Time-worn antiques
Laddered and layered lives
Treasured photos shelved away
Moments slip
Forever lost in time.
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