I am the White Rabbit.
I thought once I was Alice
Curious and full of wonderment
Treading lightly in stocking feet
Overly observant of door mice, tea parties, and hatters
Blissfully naive -
The world, my wonderland.
then,
the rabbit hole
wormholed.
And it seemed I traded in my mary janes
for rabbit feet.
No time for stargazing or lollygagging
Now there's just no time.
No time! No time!
Pocket-watches be damned
even Grandfather clocks mock my meager attempts
digital tumblings towards temporary tomorrows
digits daring, glaring
daunting, taunting
teasing us all
daydreamers and poets
to wake up!
Tag Archives: time
Lucky 13
Roll the dice for me baby
and don't think twice
Time just started winding its way around the bend
again
and I'm not cashing out
So don't you pout
and don't you cry
Santa may have closed up shop
but this is the New Year
and there's 12 months to play naughty and nice.
Lucky 13
I ain't superstitious
not in cards, not in love
not even for things unseen
It all just is or it ain't
So you wanna know will this be the year...
well the year for what?
gamble on the red of life
or the black of night
pay the queen her due
or dance with kings
Make 'em or break 'em, lay it all on the line
It's another year and we ain't got nothing but time.
Aces high, deuces wild
I've got the soul of a 5-year-old child
who likes odd numbers and takin' chances
Playin' with angels and earthly romances
Then you walked in and gave me a smile
And I put it all on Lucky 13.
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tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-
clock. It taunts
seductively showing off its ornate
hands
in a circular dance
reminiscent of a gypsy life,
never stopping, never settling down
micromanage
sun up to sun down, each and every
second
these hands can't keep up
can't slow down those damn mechanical hands
no matter how hard I try nor what method I use
I've found a deaf ear, a blind eye to
my efforts, pleadings, beggings -
for more and more and more time
to slow down,
merely a fraction here,
speed up there
accomodate my silly mortal life
as if I, a silly mortal,
mattered at all in the hourglass of sand that makes up our existence.
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Life’s Ride
Take the last train And catch me by bullet plane The wind whispers, "tonight, tonight, tonight" My suitcase full of Instances of your love My heart lulls, "make it right." That flaunty spring breeze Plays peek-a-boo with the trees My forehead cold against the glass How it separates us still Distance holds us against our will Time crawls on so slowly past. We weather our showers Our struggles for power Seeking more, yet time for less Divine Inspiration No time for anticipation The soul just one big mess. So take the last train And meet me unrestrained Open and real and free We'll ride on through dawn Eternity and beyond Together - just you and me Together - on this amazing and wild journey.
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Ode to Dreamers: A Trolaan
What are dreams?
wafting fragments of a memory
welded together at the seams
wearied bits and pieces of you and me.
Hopeful for so much more
How tinted are our rose-colored glasses
Hug tightly to each – leave them not on the floor
Hurried minutes then hours time passes.
Open up to the possibility
Overflow your creative cup
Onward through responsibility
Only way down is up.
Pray for purposes and fulfillment
Pick your fragments carefully
Push forward and follow the way they went
Picture paradise – that’s where you’ll find me.
