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Time
You gag up all and trim all
down to dry,
You trap down all and strip
us off to die.
You turn us round as if we are wrong,
with your fun that play foul on us.
You are the past, present and the future time.
I can remember your past with it's pressure,
And the present here with it's prescient
But your future to some is abstract
Your only secret to strip us off
To lose the battle of life time.
Progress your programs to promote
Us from effect of the past time
Merge the present with the future
To naturalize us and immortalize
Your past time.
Please, fake us no more, and time us real
Just like you are, Time.
Onyenuchie Ikpeka
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Comment by: Heidi - 2008-02-28 04:19
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| One of the first poems i have read on the subject of time that did not make me question if i had wasted mine by reading it. It evoked a very clear imagine in my head that seems determined to stick their. Thank You |
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| hey man, i just signed up. been looking for people to check their poems. Found you, decided to check them out. nice poem. peace. |
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Comment by: roy - 2006-08-13 01:49
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| Oneyenuchi, thisi s a reamrkable tale of time and its consequences, I truly enjoyed reading, and learning to understand this poem, and for this reason, a few years ago, i shed my watch, and any other time piece in my home, and go by my time now... |
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barking mad,
I am not familiar with T S Elliot's Four Quartets, though, i will look for it. I was just moved to express life without time and space, the unlimited self we fail to live because of some constrains. Thank you. |
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| When I saw the title of this I thought, oh no - not another Time poem. This one is so distinctive, though, that it deserves a wider readership. I wonder if you are familiar with T S Elliot's Four Quartets. It is very different to your poem but makes an interesting comparison. Thanks for sharing with us. |
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