Ticking away as we speak
Invisible, profound, and irreversible
Time’s secret opaque taste
Permeates everything
Rushing through one’s life
I squeeze the good old tooth-paste-tube
Until milky blue jelly emerges on the brush
To taste & smell cool mint once more
Old photos, new places, and new love
Expanding & shrinking experience spheres
Perhaps it leads to wisdom as they say
Or we just get older as days go by
With a clock’s silent click
Transient time is measured with relentless precision
But no time is left to feel wide lonely moments
How else could it be when time is money
Illusion, impermanence, and fleeting pictures
A toddler asks: “Mom, what are the little clouds good for?”
The charming sound of sweet kids talk, never to return
A lighthouse beams from Death’ rugged shore
On the handloom of existence
An endless carpet is woven new
Fresh colored cotton strings are added
Brittle, faded threads are brushed-off on the other side
May true freedom embrace every soul
As our bodies turn to dust
© 2004 by Franz Kessler
Made of dust, back to dust. What comes inbetween - it's up to us what we make out of it.
Carmen :-)
I enjoyed this line and truly enjoyed this whole poem, Franz. So touching, so beautifully expressed. Thank you.
So much depth of feeling in your words......Fantastic work Franz.....truly.
Ty, Dani
Gina
A little solemn, but very beautiful. You got your feelings through with this one.
Remember the butterflies and new beginnings, AND though our bodies are aging, our hearts are always young on the other side. Enjoy life to the fullest until that time comes.
Happy Spring.
Blessings,
Judith
But no time is left to feel wide lonely moments"
A very profound and meaningful poem, beautifully written.
~Chrissie
One day, though, Time will be forever for all of us,
No more death, sorrow, tears. Rev.chapter 21
How well you describe the inner emotions we go
through. At times we all feel this way, this world
today, takes a lot of hard work to live in it!
An endless carpet is woven new
Fresh colored cotton strings are added
Brittle, faded threads are brushed-off on the other side
May true freedom embrace every soul
As our bodies turn to dust"
This is so powerful and so stunning Franz...
Sometimes it does appear to me that freedom will
not be realized until we are indeed dead....
Great writing....floria