The Man of Time | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. The Man of Time

The Man of Time

July 20, 2010
By TheKillerClocks BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida, Florida
More by this author
TheKillerClocks BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida, Florida
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I were the rain. . .<br /> that binds together the Earth and the sky,<br /> whom in all eternity will never mingle. . .<br /> Would I be able to bind two hearts together?&quot; <br /> -Orhime, BLEACH

View profile

Ticks and tocks!
Time is a sharpened blade
surrounded by Killer Clocks,
we wait.

Pay your fee,
Age your lives.
How self righteous is
the man of Time.

What a serious crime!
As numbers end people's lives,
How greedy a suitor is Time!

Assassin of destiny!
You work with the seconds
with a lack of sympathy.
weeding the world as she beckons!

Overcrowded, she cries!
You are the World's lover, Time!
There's not a single person left alive,
as you eventually drag the last soul away,
scarily sublime.

Warm words scatter the plains
"How devoted is the man of Time."
but the World, herself, cries in shame.
He is unstoppable, Her lover is divine.

And the World, she wonders,
will she also be
a victim of Time?

© Erica P., Wolfforth, TX

The author's comments:
If you think about it, a pocket watch is a very good source of inspiration...
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
Death At Your Door
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Arrival of Storm
By Anonymous
Poetry
Time
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
you see me
By XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER
Des Moines, Iowa
XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER, Des Moines, Iowa
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
to be or not to be that is the question

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.