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Sunday, October 16, 2011

5 minutes

I thought I'd see what sort of poem i could come up with in five minutes. So I set a timer and this is what I came up with. 




stepping through to the other side or have i fell?
 i can't breathe, my lungs are empty air alludes me. 
i'd take a breath but i'm drowning as far as i can tell. 
will i surface before the the cold hands ushers me along? 
goodbye my love seems empty in this moment but i might be wrong.
just for a moment could i feel?
just for a moment in bliss the thought is so surreal? 
i'd scream save my life but the crowd watches with empty eyes 
forget tomorrow when all there is above me is a desolate sky. 
i know if i reached out for that hand it would only hold me to let me go....
am i broken or is my heart grown cold now?
only the the holder could know. 
laugh at my emptiness 
and drown in my sorrow 
the only time i have left is borrowed. 

1 comment:

Ms. Cat said...

wow! that's pretty amazing.

I love setting the timer and forcing something down on paper. It really takes the fear out if it. I mean, if it sucks you can say "Well I was just fooling around"

But if it's good (like this!) you can say "Wow! in five minutes I can be a genius!"