- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Trickster
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Click hereTime is a trickster
Children with laughter
Girl of looks
Woman with regrets
Boy of dreams
Man with statue
Time is a trickster
Respect is deemed
Another year passes
A gray hair shouts
Laughing at the folly
But still I have doubts
Time is a trickster
Tomorrow it seems
Flies into today
Past now I lean
Forever a moment
Slides by with a wink
Time is a trickster
Leaving all to think
Dreams of tomorrow
In the lake do they sink.
Dlt © Sept 14 2004 all rights reserved
- COMMENTS
sackover 19 years agoEven BEFORE reading the comments, I really didn't get the last line. It doesn't seem to relate well to the rest of the poem. Otherwise, one of your most compelling offerings!
Reltneover 19 years agoThe last line weakens the work.
"Slides by with a wink
Time is a trickster
Leaving all to think
Dreams of tomorrow
In the lake do they sink."
Why not try something like "are gone in a blink." or maybe switch "blink" and "wink"?
sandspikeover 19 years agoMy life goes by a little faster than this so I'm probably
older than you. This was a cool read for me. I would
drop the last line and call it done.
