Past Tension

April 14, 2014 by Charron's Chatter 3 Comments

 

Be vigilant

as Presents pass

as you age

and time goes fast

) uncaging (

↓ Hands ↑

of Death

>that grasp<

Watch carefully

for portents…

Yesterdays

Will come too soon

remember when’s

In empty rooms

Galloping toward your

own doom

a taunting mean

of morbid

Without

the warmth

Of bloodlines own–

–Concerns and care

of family known–

–the hearth ♥ that makes

A house

 a home

Wrought over Time—

–is torment.

pocketwatch

©Karen Robiscoe

 

LATELY, POETRY
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I bring to you an arrow, whole, Use it, or break it, But if you choose to take it --Know-- With it also, I will go. © Karen Robiscoe @1992
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3 Responses to “Past Tension”

  1. Kitt Crescendo April 14, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Loved this! Kind of reflects some of the dark & bittersweet I’ve been feeling lately.

  2. lytw8t April 16, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    I think demise almost often hence i learnt to be ..”.the warmth
    Of bloodlines own–”