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At the swinging of a pendulum The seconds pass one, by, one. Like beats of the drum The spinning of the hands which dictate time But it ends, The weight hits the bottom, the pendulum stops swinging The drum falls silent With its energy all spent, it stops. Without the will to continue, It is allowed to die, and silence takes over. As time is allowed to stop.
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Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018 at 2:05 PM UTC
The old man
At the swinging of a pendulum The seconds pass one, by, one. Like beats of the drum The spinning of the hands which dictate time But it ends, The weight hits the bottom, the pendulum stops swinging The drum falls silent With its energy all spent, it stops. Without the will to continue, It is allowed to die, and silence takes over. As time is allowed to stop.
Although I didn't realize until after writing it, this is my take on the country song "My Grandfather's Clock" by Johnny Cash, but obviously a poem
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Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018 at 2:05 PM UTC
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