Abandoned By Day: A Meditation On Time Passing

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1)

abandoned by day

by night breath

out of breath

wilted

time wandering

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light falling

off the edge

of the page

drowning

time passing

3)

inherited

words

soaked in solitude

time silenced

memories

4)

in her room

anchored in shadow

sunlight

from another day

time marooned

5)

her absence pacing

furiousily

the cell-like room

imprisoned as if

by time

6)

green leaf spiraling

to its death

afterthought

of a god

in hurry

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7)

scenes

from a childhood

abandoned by haze

by daylight dulled

by time

8)

there was a time

before time

strayed

into the hands

of a playful god

9)

fade away ink

make pale the woods

yellow light in winter

slicing the leaves

from the trees

10)

wind chilled

face no longer warm

wrinkling

around eyes

that had witnessed

11)

drown forcibly

into the sea

the resisting sun

every single day

of its rising

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12)

the words came too late

for the revolution

so desperately late

their arrival

a hurried departure

13)

followed me for years

dug a hole

buried itself

a shadow

my shadow

14)

night full of shadows

no room for daylight

memory

losing its way

keening

15)

no room for mourning either

in this age

that blurs motion

time standing still

perplexed

16)

time swirls in circles

its echoes descending

with the velocity of falling stars

nothing grows here

not even childhood

17)

the mirror hurtled

towards a childhood

I had escaped

clutching tight

the clock

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abandoned by night

time wilted

out of breath

by day

by night

19)

unfold thought

across the sheet

white black

spidery ink

remember remember

20)

poised on the edge

something

everything

the shadow abandoned

yet again

21)

memory

misplaced lost

strangled

slice of moon

at daybreak

22)

standing tall

proud halo of time

lit by the evening sun

seconds

before crumbling

23)

murmuring

the shadows

beginning to drown

the river helpless

flowing

24)

abandon

dear friend

the love of the light

night

beckons

25)

time uncertain

running

racing

against

its own shadow

26)

shadow

of an angel’s wing

on eyelids

as I dream shyly

of yet another autumn.

27)

blackened

by time

the mirror

incapable

of reflection

28)

gathering

time

just gathered

over years

like dust

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lost

sense of time

exiled

the moon

eclipsed

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30)

words fade

I imagine

losing

themselves

over time

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listen

breath gathering

dewdrops

awaiting

the morning

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awaiting

night

shredded rainbow

fading

in a grey sky

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linger

linger then

said he

the light

fading

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begin gathering

autumn leaves

before

time

spent scattered

35)

hands

spilling sand

worn sieve

neglected

with time frayed

36)

abandoning

all thought

of another spring

just another winter

she whispered

37)

her winter eyes gazing

her breath warm mist

on a windowpane

inward haze

letting time slip by

38)

mirror eyes

reflecting the twilight

fingers failing

to trace

the passing of time

39)

the mirror

slate grey

pool of memory

the stone

sinking

40)

in eyes

grown shadowless

an earlier self

dreaming a poem

putting back the shadows

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stillness

foretelling

its own death

silent echo

receding

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shiver

running through

huddled leaves

discarded

autumn

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43)

groping for words

simmering

sheet of white

eyes filling up

with night

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white

this light of noon

words

blinded fade

disappear

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deserted

reflection

in a mirror

broken time

after time

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shadows

in a heap

swept clean

somewhere a clock

keeping time

47)

inch forward

in stealth

camouflaged dawn

a field

full of silenced crickets

48)

vessel turned

upside down

emptied

drop

by drop

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eyes shut tight

in pretended sleep

the night cloaked

in a dream

stealing past

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winter breath

steeped

in mist blurred

the sun

shimmering

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the words

between lines

trapped time

frozen

in time

52)

pressing

against my cheek

another winter

stifling these whispers

of another spring

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in tatters

the night

charred

stench

of time burnt

54)

homeless memories return

to their nests

wings a grey flapping

sounds

of the flock at twilight

55)

crushed underfoot

white

pages

words crawling home

to die

56)

behind my eyelids

blind shadows

running out of time

gathering their belongings

seeking another shelter

57)

rush then

abandon the night

move

towards

a bitter dawn

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gaze fixed inward

the shadow

lamenting its own death

in the distance the light

fading

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drawing blood

stabbing the dark

blindly

old leaves in autumn

breathing their last

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death deposited itself

at my doorstep

drunk words slurring

unsure eyes blurred

only I recognized her

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night thick

with the smell of yesterday’s love

crumbling

into tiny pieces

shattered shadow

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no room now

that I have come this far

too far

into the shadows

for light to linger

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take hold of it

for it will leave

this this love

not wanting to be the guest

who overstayed

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bundled years

from so many yesterdays

like shop soiled memories

we discarded

without once wearing them

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a spider’s tongue crawling

crawling filling the page

spilling all over

the white shroud

words

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found

at last

lost time

trapped

in a mirror

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relentless

digging

of words forgotten over time

memory buried deep

in its own grave

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taking leave life

a mist around eyes

lingering

for one last look

at a fading world

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half-formed words

stolen

from time

heavy-footed

tongue dragging its feet

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an ageing spring

laden with memories

of autumn leaves

breathless

turning pale

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weeping wind

its keening audible

even to the slumbering trees

on this

my winter night of snow

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making itself at home

showing no signs

of leaving

the twilight

had crept in

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stay a little longer

I whispered too late

the winter wind

sharp whiplash

slamming the door

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on my windowpane

the moon

full of the night

backlit

frost

75)

in her arms

she cradled

the newborn shadows

made pale

by the fading light

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alone

outside the window

begging

begging to be let in

the night

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the eye naked

blinks back tears

sinks

the sun lamenting

its own drowning

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autumn leaves

roaming the ruins

forsaken debris

of a memory

long crumbled

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twilight spreading shadows

in a rush to announce itself

the stillness wandering

through the air

unhurried

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memory coiled

at the heart of the storm

waiting

to blow over

the lonely and calm wind

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in a house

haunted by autumn

whispers

a spring

I will never see

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wisp of smoke

from a winter candle

light at the window

flickers

before dying out

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rain trembling

behind eyelids

clouds

bearing twilight

grey

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forlorn

these clouds

bearing shadows

of their former selves

to the sacrifice

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the stillness of the night

competing

with a wind full of whispers

rumours of an early dawn

coming to grieve

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the weariness

of the autumn leaf

as it falls

falls

to the ground

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her eyes

dark

with night

filled

brimming over

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mirror

wearing

a deserted look

the dream

fleeing the shadows

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shiver

running through

the earth

time wounded

sinking to the ground

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naked

shorn of leaves

the autumn tree

losing

its way

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the dark

unable to stop itself

continues

to whisper

in its sleep

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smoke

from

a burnt out candle

runs through the air

like a passing desire

93)

a tremor

passing

through leaves

cold and grey

the reticent dusk

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like a premonition

a stirring

in the shadows

anticipating

the dark

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in a night

made white

by the winter snow

time standing alone

trembling

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shadows dazzled

by the blinding light

confused

circling overhead

a solitary raven

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unhurried

time

floating past

shattering

into tiny shadows

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ghostlike

he slipped into an echo

of his once and former self

no longer lonely

or afraid

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the night

descends

on a bed of frost

fallen stars

of autumn

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silence

utter and complete

white

slipping

into the grey

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abandoned time

out of breath

wandering

by night

by day

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