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Musings of a Wordsmith - 20. Forever

“I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.”
W. H. Auden: “Funeral Blues” (1938)

W. H. Auden’s blues in the back of my mind,
all clocks stand still, time has stopped.
That love could have lasted forever,
but it did not.

Time and love, both meant forever,
both, though, ending in a flash,
both able to warmly simmer along,
both pushing and pulling, till they broke.

We stopped all the clocks,
we cut off the telephones,
we silenced the pianos,
we put out every star.

Although,
and this is the wonder of lost love,
each of us, alone, broken,
can, again, be one, complete.

So now, let the clocks keep going:
put the stars on because life is bright,
future is about to restart now
to never come again to an end.

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2 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

This is really, really good. Each quatrain has its story, moving  me with their vivid images.  

Thanks, @Parker Owens! 

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AC Benus

It's a thought-provoking poem, but I very much like the "feel" of the machinery grinding to a halt. Perhaps in that way, when the clocks do start again, they are free of brass-on-brass necessity and can just float off into ethereal time, above it all. See...I told you this is a thought-provoking poem. You can see what it's provoked in me :yes:   

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5 hours ago, AC Benus said:

It's a thought-provoking poem, but I very much like the "feel" of the machinery grinding to a halt. Perhaps in that way, when the clocks do start again, they are free of brass-on-brass necessity and can just float off into ethereal time, above it all. See...I told you this is a thought-provoking poem. You can see what it's provoked in me :yes:   

I like how you describe the process pictured in this poem: restarting in order to run smoothly, a learning moment. Thanks for your comment, AC

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