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Time...
The stream, it flows,
Heedlessly of where it goes
The fly buzzes ‘round and round,
Reason simply cannot be found
within its motions
And so we beg the minute hand,
To move faster, and
When the clock strikes two,
The lost hour I rue
I said I wanted to be big and tall
Yet now, clutching at my toys, my picture books,
As they give, and I fall
Faster, faster, faster, seconds, minutes, days, and weeks
Caught in the moment, in the simple task
Each closes their eyes and pretends not
To notice the air rushing by, and
The fly circling ‘round, and
The stream trickling still, and
Then eyes flash open
Now milky, the sparkle gone
Hair white, skin wrinkled
Squint nearsightedly, at the distant places
Seen so clearly, it seems, not a day before; and now
To sigh, to wonder, and to cry
“Where is that time?”
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Lovely Job.
i like the feeling of feeling rushed that you have going throughout the poem and i think you added just the right amount of descriptions as so not to steer away from the original idead. the only thing is that in the first stanza last line reasons simply cannot be found
within its motions, it should be part of the same stanza so that it flows better. but good job overall :)
Let me know what you think, open to any comments, good or bad.