Poems on Time - Blackout Poetry Notes

Old Acquaintances

Vivid memories from school
later gather
in old acquaintances.

Oblivious of time
immersed in the library,
I have known
paradise.

Time is clouding
the world into a deep
exhausting nap; new earth
is struggling,
running clockwise.

He found himself
breathless
with her curious mouth and
overwhelmingly aware
of every minute.

We must decide
every minute is valuable.
Acknowledge the good,
yet rest to recover from the emotion
of the past.

I resolved to master a new spirit
and wish for strength
in this
unlikely hour.

Enough wasted time on hurt,
why cry if you can sing?

I did not know whether
to resent my dreams; almost
concealed behind an excess of
emotion. I continued the length
of the night: time stagnates here.

I say truly
as I draw closer to the end
my heart is better
in old age.

I will write
no more
on the melancholy
of the future.