A Rhyme of Time

Iyanna Carroll

I try to think back about the time I became aware,

back when I was young and in a restaurant and was told not to stare

Those stationary images still run throughout my mind, 

I can’t get past the prologue, I keep clicking on rewind

What people don’t understand is that you can’t explain a brain;

there’s no diction, simple fiction, to explain the insane 

A jungle of flowers and pitchforks and things that don’t belong,

a musician can play the same notes without singing the same song

But what if the song repeats?

What if the monotonous cycle of my brain stops playing the sick beats?

What if when I get scared, you get scared, and it becomes more than both you and I could have beared?

What then?

Can time define the sacred line it shines to bind the blind?

Does my mind tell your mind to switch thinking and become “less confined”?

Isn’t that society?

An anti-depressant to a disease that we’re supposed to appease?

uphold, to be bold, to influence and believe? 

So, what if time stops?

What if the big clock suddenly stopped its tic-toc?

would clarity and spontaneity become my mental block?

Regardless what they think, only your brain defines insane and moves the castle without the crane.

You define time

 

  • Author: Iyanna Carroll (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 21st, 2019 14:49
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments3

  • Poetic Dan

    That was Incredible! I mean my brain is still chatting and taking off in so many directions! Love finding a treasure like you, thanks for being so amazingly you!

    Just went to read more but now I'll add welcome too.
    Much peace and respect

    • Iyanna Carroll

      Thank you, I appreciate the welcome and feedback. Many more to come!

    • Mil57Man

      Time, what do we really know. Sometimes it go by fast, sometimes slow. Time is forever and this is without a doubt, time is here to work things out.

      Very well done lyanna and the rhyme, right on time.

    • ANGELA & BRIAN

      WELCOME IYANNA : ANGELA HERE : Thanks for your first poem ! An excellent Structure of (roughly) 11 rhyming couplets which facilitates reading & reciting. The subject is enigmatic : TIME or the FUNCTION of the BRAIN or both. Time moves foorward at the same pace everywhere : always has always will ! When I started this comment it was 12 noon (Friday) in New Zealand : 11pm (Thursday) in UK & 7 pm (Thursday) in New York USA. Im in NZ : Brian is in UK wherever we are on Earth we might be in different TIME ZONES but we all get 24 hours Thursday & Friday and have done every day of my 30 years ! Is thought (as you suggest) cyclic & repetitive ? We can all think back in TIME (in my case 30 years) and in Human History back thousands of Years ! We can also think into the future ! That is the basis of Science Fiction where DR WHO & other SF Programmes travel backwards & forwards in Space & Time. At the moment that is Scientifically impossible. SANITY enables us to live in present time and think backwards (FACT) and forwards (FICTION & SPECULATION !). Time : by its very nature can never be static and if it is or appears to be : then we are INSANE !
      This is a complex SUBJECT nd Im still thinking it out !
      Thanks for caring & sharing
      Blessings & Peace
      Yours through poetry ANGELA 🧡

      • Iyanna Carroll

        It definitely is a broad subject and complex to think about. I appreciate your warm welcome and the positive feedback!
        Thank you



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