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Bells
The bells are groaning in the mist
And I can only make a fist
Time is hardly on my side
My age an issue I can't hide
But I hear the chiming of my clock
Hear my lover and her knock
The reminder, yes, that I must rise
And view life with less jaundiced eyes
Bells tell me I must seize the day
And then enter the ongoing fray
Ignore the overtures of death
Fight them until my final breath.
And I can only make a fist
Time is hardly on my side
My age an issue I can't hide
But I hear the chiming of my clock
Hear my lover and her knock
The reminder, yes, that I must rise
And view life with less jaundiced eyes
Bells tell me I must seize the day
And then enter the ongoing fray
Ignore the overtures of death
Fight them until my final breath.
Published 30th Aug 2018
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30th Aug 2018 1:00am
30th Aug 2018 5:36pm
30th Aug 2018 1:16am
dearest Sir Crow time is ever coming for us all
fight with all your vigor 💕
great write...
love Crim
fight with all your vigor 💕
great write...
love Crim
30th Aug 2018 5:38pm
30th Aug 2018 2:01am
I guess we all don't wanna jump into the fray afraid of the fact that we'll one day die, so we never really live ourlives
30th Aug 2018 5:40pm
Anonymous
30th Aug 2018 2:18am
I hear the echo of the bells, silver bells.... It reminds me of the great Edgar Allen Poe. His decent into madness and his extreme loneliness and pain after the death of his beloved Lenor. Time is definitely the enemy of our lives. We cannot stop it and we cannot slow it down. We are but wrecked relics of youth and beauty, descending like the those who have preceded us in this journey. Beautiful ink dear friend. J.
30th Aug 2018 5:43pm
Thank you for the eloquent and detailed comment, juvenalis. "What a world of merriment their harmony foretells." I started off thinking of "The Bells" by Poe but took a detour.
Anonymous
30th Aug 2018 4:12pm
Great poem!
It would be easy to quit, wouldn't it?
I like that.
It would be easy to quit, wouldn't it?
I like that.
30th Aug 2018 5:45pm
31st Aug 2018 3:48am
Wow Crow.....very inspirational ink......I’m speechless.....luv this...RL add on for me......purple luv & hugs xo :)
1st Sep 2018 11:46pm
So glad you enjoyed this sweet Flower. Thank you for the kind words and RL entry!
1st Sep 2018 2:12am
Well crafted! And so true.
I too am fighting it. Problem is my heart says "heck yeah!" and then my body says "ouch!" Mentally, I have yet to grow up, but physically.... oh well.
I enjoyed this - nice write.
I too am fighting it. Problem is my heart says "heck yeah!" and then my body says "ouch!" Mentally, I have yet to grow up, but physically.... oh well.
I enjoyed this - nice write.
1st Sep 2018 11:49pm
Glad you enjoyed! I'm also physically questionable but have the mind of a teen. Thank you!
