Sunday, October 16, 2011

timed out

I paper walls
hiding hideous marks
left over from a time we lost
I like crinkled finish
bubbles formed under paper

do we ever find time,
why we say we lost it?

23 comments:

shail said...

Yeah we never find the time lost! :)

anthonynorth said...

Rarely.
Thoughtful words.

Anonymous said...

those hidden marks..!!

Brian Miller said...

unfortuantely we can not tuck time away fro another day...

Abin Chakraborty said...

time present and time past, are both perhaps present in time future and time future in time past....unending conundrum.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for a fun prompt and your interesting poem.

Jim said...

Wall paper was a marvelous invention. Mrs. Jim and I do wall papering together.
Neither of us could do it alone. She doesn't have the technical skills and I can never get the pattern matched.

Thank you for the the fun prompt.
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Anonymous said...

papering over the past - sometimes it works - sometimes not so much.

authentic.

The Dryad said...

I love the mood of this poem! Thank you for this prompt! :)

Kerry O'Connor said...

This opens up a world of inter-personal possibilities. Thanks for sharing on Real Toads.

Susie Clevenger said...

Paper can cover the hideous, but not erase the memory..so creative...Love this piece!!

Mary Ann Potter said...

Crinkly paper indeeds hides hideous marks, both literally and figuratively.

Lolamouse said...

I love the metaphor of covering over a bad time with paper. As if by hiding the evidence, we can erase it. A very thoughtful reply to the prompt.

Kay L. Davies said...

Good thinking, and very well said.
I knew there was a reason why I love wallpaper so much.

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

Laurie Kolp said...

That's a wonderful image and a thoughtful poem.

Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...

interesting thoughts.

Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...

interesting thoughts.

Lisa at Greenbow said...

It is difficult to find time because it is always flying~~~

Tarang Sinha said...

Nice and thoughtful indeed:)

JANU said...

Interesting and good.

Monkey Man said...

Visually pleasing and thought provoking. Thanks for playing along with the Sunday 160.

Harshad Mehta said...

Very interesting. Time is valued only after it is passed.

Nanka said...

Time and tide waits for none and realization just comes a bit too late!!