Blink

Neville

Blink

 

Blink and there are

No more flowers

Blink and there are

No more hours

Blink and there are

No more colours

All of them have

Each been stolen

 

Blink and there is

No more ours

No not one

None whatsoever

But at least there is

No one fucking up

In ivory towers

All those towers

Are now bowled over

 

Blink and the

Clock stops of

Its own Accord

You can take me

Anywhere my love

Anywhere at all

My lord

Blink I told you

We should have scored

 

So many wasted

Opportunities

Blink and the amphitheatre

Of self indulgence

Is still there

Where I am watched

If not adored

Blink you bastard

Just do as you are told

 

Blink and the light

Is fading

I’m going blind

But not complaining

Blink

There is a shadow

Moving

Where our patron saint

Was floored 

 

Blink and there is

No more colour

No not a single one

Blink but will you

Mourn me baby

When I am no more

And gone

Blink oh how

The crowds applaud and

Sing their mourning song

 

 

 

  • Author: Neville (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 1st, 2019 02:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: Blink and then its gone.........
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Comments7

  • sylviasearcher

    I really like this one neville.

    The notion of blinking (opening and closing ones's eyes) resonates.

    Good job.

    Raw yet touching

  • orchidee

    A fine write N. Might start me watchdog Fido barking, with F and B in it. Ooh!

    • Neville

      I forgot about the B... oops........ cheers my friend and thanks for letting me off the hook too.. give Fido an effing big bone...........N

    • Michael Edwards

      Blinking good Neville.

      • Neville

        Blimey, bloomin thank you my friend... N

      • orchidee

        You ticked the 18+ box? Woof! He will be quiet with the bone.

        • Neville

          did I... maybe need to check

        • Neville

          Glad you liked it sylviasearcher, that means a lot to me... and one day.. blink..........

        • LIGHT WARRIOR

          Blink and that's all it takes for shit to transform...I can relate to this for sure...it was an interesting idea for a write as well..

          • Neville

            loperamide should help... cheers

          • dusk arising

            You're just taking the piss cos someones told you my telly's gone on the blink.
            Life passes in the blink of an eye...well no it doesn't but looking back on life.... parts of it do pass in a blink or so it seems.
            I wrote something similar last year using the click of a camera 'click - he caught her' not one of my best tho.
            OK so you been looking thru some of my old stuff, try July 11th 2018 'promise'.

            • Neville

              thank you for visiting these words.. I too have written about viewing the world/life from the point of view of a camera shutter clicking... I am inherently inquisitive and tend to look through the portfolio's of my writing peers, in order to get a broader, or more wide angled perspective of their work.. I will visit the page and poem to which you refer.... Have a good weekend, Neville



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