I'm on a roll tonight! I'm going to pretend that this one just 'happened' and not that I have sat plugging away for hours to get post 14 on here. Damn superstitions. Consequently, I fear this could be a work-in-progress.
Sixty seconds
If forever lasts only a minute,
How would you use your time?
Would you scream from your lungs of injustice,
Or point out the stars in the sky?
If forever lasts only a minute,
Then a heartbeat's a year too late,
Would you grab every chance - when presented,
Or leave your existence to fate?
If forever lasts only a minute,
Sixty seconds of golden-sand time,
Would you speak with the grace of an Angel,
Or stand by Lucifers side?
If forever lasts only a minute,
Are you sleeping or are you awake?
Do you sing to your child of atrocities,
Or hug them and make them feel safe?
If forever lasts only a minute,
Would you seek to exact an eye?
Are those tears of regret for your choices,
Or representing your saline delight?
If forever lasts only a minute,
Do you think that you'd still chase your dreams?
What if that meant an extension,
Or maybe a total reprieve?
(c) Copyright Jane Edwards (2010)
3 comments:
another good one,have u purposly used two conflicting instinctual energies as comparison against each other e.g. Love and death?if so u have touched some very philosophical roots ! (yes I am sad and read a lot of philosophy lol )
Again, glad you like it. Yes the way I wrote it was intentional. Will probably end up adding another couple of verses :)
have u read any freud or edmund hurssel?both argue on the concepts oof life and death instincts battling within the primitive part of the personality,the bit which is considered as our earliest part of social experience-early childhood. Anyway I've bothered u enough I'm off to work,keep up the good work and have a good day
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