Blink

It has been a long night...

Blink

 

Blink and there are

No more flowers

Blink and there are

No more hours

Blink and there are

No more colours

All of them have

Each been stolen

 

Blink and there is

No more ours

No not one

None whatsoever

But at least there is

No one f*****g up

In ivory towers

All those towers

Are now bowled over

 

Blink and the

Clock stops of

Its own Accord

You can take me

Anywhere my love

Anywhere at all

My lord

Blink I told you

We should have scored

 

So many wasted

Opportunities

Blink and the amphitheatre

Of self indulgence

Is still there

Where I am watched

If not adored

Blink you b*****d

Just do as you are told

 

Blink and the light

Is fading

I’m going blind

But not complaining

Blink

There is a shadow

Moving

Where our patron saint

Was floored 

 

Blink and there is no more colour

No not a single one

Blink but will you

Mourn me baby

When I am no more

Blink oh how the crowds applaud

 

 

 

Author's Note

a very long night

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Good morning Neville.

I blinked and found the sun is smiling
gone the darkness and its blinding of the best and brightest light

Blink the colours are returning
here comes hope and here comes learning
In your words the skies are burning
torching everything in sight

With the day comes new tomorrow's,
blitz that mood of bloody sorrows
Hold my hand and you can borrow
all that's blazing shining bright

Pack away those night time shadows
stealing all your sense of reason
curse this callous winter season
plaguing you with mares of fright.

Couldn't resist it. Forgive me :)
Love your poem and references within it.

Chris

[Neville]

Bless ya.. youre's is much better and you must post.. I will review.. honest

[Chris Shaw]

I won't post because it's a gift to lighten your mood :)

[Neville]

I am fine.. nuthin a decent nights sleep wont cure..

[Chris Shaw]

That's good to hear. Also your lovely lines gave my muse the opportunity to create something on the spur of the moment. She hasn't done that for a long time. She's had far too much sleep :)

[Neville]

......... :) lucky you

[barleygirl]

WOW! WOW! And WOW! This might be one of the most powerful things of yours I've read! I love it when you pour it out with passion & tossing aside inhibitions. This is a vivid depiction of that tangled crazy-making that can both attract & repel, without descending into the actual nastiness of such exchanges, instead keeping your plaintive wails in the realm of being lyrical (((NUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Neville]

Apart from talkin dirty.. I love it when a gal goes wow wow wow... where have ya been BG.. I missed ya so... so glad ya back now tho.. x

[barleygirl]

I've missed you, too! I'm just puttering around here with a crackling fire, a warm mug, listening to the pitter-patter on the roof (no attic so the drops are so close!) *smile*

[Neville]

sounds luverly, just my cup of tea x

[Crowley]

Wow...if this is the result of a long night, its not the kind of long night that I long for. I am feeling a bit in this way lately as well, as time marches on and things change form black and white to the stifling shades of grey that you cannot paint over. Here's to hoping the day is longer and the night if long again is long in a way that catches your eye and your spirit, those stars up there are for you, don't forget that. Great writing!

[Neville]

ta Crowley.. you could say absolutely anything at the moment and I would believe it.. probably.. I feel as if someone has just hit me over the back of the head with a black stocking filled with dried butterflies droppings.... N :)

[Crowley]

Sorry to hear that. If there is anything I can do, let me know!

[Neville]

on second thoughts.. they might be moths... cheers mate will be in touch

[Chris]

and yet not long enough ...til it has been too long after all.

[Neville]

ah' but now I see the light for sure and darkness dances in the distance... thank you Chris and true :)

[Chris]

Sometimes that "distance" is only a heartbleat away...

[Neville]

my sphygmomanometer is fully calibrated and bleats audibly if the danger zone is approached... cheers Chris

[Chris]

chuckling here... til you can't hear it... sigh

[Neville]

say again.......... :)

[Chris]

exactly...

[Neville]

exactly... say again..

[sette]

and i hope it is just a blink which is imaginary but may not be real... so sad to ever read those words so profound and indeed it is becoming a very long night

[Neville]

thank you for pondering upon these words.. I do appreciate... N

[Lorry]

This feels like the blinks come with lightning strikes attached, making sure you are fully awake to see each and every colour fade. Stripping away all the nuances and textures a life in the making, but death in a blink. Have I just read or typed the word blink once too often, or does it even sound like a dead K at the end, like a thud? Hmm, I never noticed yhat before, its the same as thud coming with a splat in the D.
Or maybe I need forty blinks :)

[Neville]

I could use a few horizontal NNN's myself zzz.. cheers Lorry :)

[Sneh]

I like this, nothing can be hold for long,and i believe that the beauty of blink and blow is distinct!
thanks for sharing! [blink and smiles thine way]...

[Neville]

How very kind.. thank you dear Sneh.. Neville

[Sneh]

more than welcome !

[Neville]

......... :)

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

And please think before you blink because once the eyes have closed a new sights arose-could be one you chose - or came to be with a nosy nose- we blink our lived into existence so lets becareful of chosen resistance- for out there in the world of change a lot it dares to stay the same- wisdom and sight become as one - we choose a brighter way - so blink and see the beauty for all to be ...i feel ur internal turmoil- hopefully it wont blurr your sight- interesting read🌹

[Neville]

Thank you dear Thoughts in Time.. maybe a bit heavy this time of day, but it has been one very long night indeed.. the stop over is much appreciated.. x

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[Neville]

you got me smiling her my friend.... thanks a bunch.. N

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Penny for your thoughts🌹