Sometimes the Clock Stops

....we need a new clock

Sometimes the Clock Stops

 

 

sometimes the clock stops

then in second-hand movements

runs backward

making the present

seem like the past

strange indeed

since time’s arrow

is not flexible

yet have we returned

to 1938

shattered glass liters the hours

as little hand words become guns

and the world can see

if it dares to look

the clock has lost its springs

 

sometimes the clock stops

not even being correct twice a day

 

it’s time

long past time

for a whole new clock

 

Aztec Warrior/redzone 5.23.20

Author's Note

...thanks for reading

Reviews

[Ana Papaya]

This is fantastic. Time moves in one direction but we know that memories take us back and history repeats and it feels like we've time traveled.

[redzone]

while some may enjoy time travel, going back to slave days even, I would not want to repeat those years... the times we live in now holds great potential, for either great horrors or great achievements, it's up to each of us to decide which one we want and to act on it....

now as for memories, they too can lock us in or liberate us if we draw the right conclusions....

that's the thing about us humans Ana, we decide.... pretty neat, I'd say... and I'd also say, thank you Ana for your comment it too is pretty neat...

[Ana Papaya]

Yes, true. All of it. Love what you said about lock or liberate. And you are welcome of course.

[Ruth]

Time is a tyrant to most...the clock ever fading into the mirage of history/histories and the seconds bleeding into this reality create a surreal and nostalgic wave at times...the emotion in this piece is wonderfully expressed as always :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

History seems to always repeat itself...and we don't learn from those hands going backwards at all.
powerful words here.
j.