Friday, 08 May 2009
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Are You Ready?
Of course I knew what he meant.
It wasn’t anything profound or metaphorical.
It’s just time to go. and that’s all. That’s all it is.But the question hit me at an odd angle,
leaving me a little dazed, moving a little slower.
I brush the grass and dirt off as I stand, a seemingly mundane activity.
The earth falls through the air,
the particles fall straight through the same, and I get this odd sensation
that I’m falling too. I stood down instead of up.Time's tall figure stands still, and good thing too.
If it moved, I might feel sick.
I cling to the moment as tightly as I cling to his hand.
Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
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Comments (3)
I like the way this one looks and it has a lot of variety of word lengths.
and "stood down"
and the last stanza i liked a lot
At 3 am, it's much less weighted. And means so much less. In a tired, semi-unconscious state, it doesn't seem as heavy. But, in the light of day, when everything is much less foggy, it seems as though this means everything.
It's not just are you ready to leave the lawn. Even if it remains on a simple level, you're being asked to trust that beyond that lawn, you can take his hand and he won't lead you wrongly. You're being asked to leave a lawn that is changing, and growing, and won't be the same when you return; if you return. You're being asked to give up on a moment.
Yeah, depression makes you more philosophical.
@blackconfetti12 - not EXACTLY where I was going with it, but definitely close enough, and definitely also works.
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