we are the timekeepers

[ellyssian]

we are the timekeepers
By Mina Ellyse Warren
May 1, 2009

if all the clocks
ceased their incessant
ticking tocking tracking
their gears ground down
teeth gnashed smooth
their gates of logic
no longer swinging
their lights dimmed
silicon sands scattered
their hands tied
no longer pointing
the time they kept
to themselves
inert
motionless
and then
as with the waves
to the pebble
washed away
for
still
the time passes
sweeping around
quiescent diodes
until they
wear to nothing
the pendulum
transfixed
is taken
by the tide
and the moment
edgertonian
now wavering
flowing
in turbulent seas
a faint memory
from
a
long lost past

Copyright (c) 2009 Mina Ellyse Warren