01-27-2018, 04:56 AM
Okay, so here goes my first post in the forums. The paragraphs form more of a series of connected poems rather than a whole, but I still like to think of it as one poem.
Over the years
Over the years
Run 100 meters in 8 seconds
Time travel
Teleport
Forget yourself in the past
At the bottom of the ocean
Or just your keys
Over the years
The world grows old
And melts around the sun
Over the years the worlds are bright
And feel newer
Over the years the peace of these times will fade
We will look at its hypocrisy in wonder.
Over the years
We will have sufficient mathematics at
Our disposal
To mimic the doodles of infants
In thin air
Build a world of nonsense and revel in its generality.
Over the years
The people tend to get bored and leave
The books pile up
The room logs too many hours of stillness.
Over the years the words
Tend to return
And fears tend to be realized
We think all that we can
And over the years it may even be true
Once or twice
For a few men or more.
Over the years
Too many lost/found
Too few here/now
Over the years
A poem of a million lines
A war lasting two centuries
A desert covering a continent
A love at birth and another before death
A man with a trillion dollars
The meek inheriting the earth and an earthworm.
Over the years they are no longer in ones
But twos or threes or tens
The decade of shining skies
The four years of good harvest
Five of good rain
The year of the mother and the child
Dragon reindeer and unicorns
A year is a long time untouched
And grows over the walls out into the sun
Over the years
We have grown tall and our years short
Over the years
Sleep through
Fight through
Dance through
Listen through
But a year is a long moment
In that we remember
More than one thing
About it
If we were friends.
Over the years
A ship sails and reaches port
A sailor is drunk on the wine of courage
And then just wine
Sour vintage
Sleepy over the years.
The years blow his sails
And he pledges a year to the ocean -
A day to salt
And rest to waves.
Edit 1:
Over the years
Over the years
Run 100 meters in 8 seconds
Time travel
Teleport
In the past
At the bottom of the ocean
Forget yourself
Or just your keys
Over the years
The world grows old
And melts around the sun
Over the years the worlds are bright
And feel newer
Over the years the peace of these times will fade
We will look at its hypocrisy in wonder.
Over the years
We will have sufficient mathematics at
Our disposal
To mimic the doodles of infants
In thin air
Build a world of nonsense,
revel in its generality.
Over the years
people tend to get bored and leave
books pile up
rooms log too many hours of stillness.
Over the years the words
Tend to return
And fears become corporeal
We think all that we can
And over the years it may even be true
Once or twice
For a few men
or more.
Over the years
Too many lost/found
Too few here/now
Over the years
A poem of a million lines
A love at birth and another before death
A man with a trillion dollars
Over the years
A war lasts centuries
A desert covers a continent
The meek inherit the earth
and an earthworm.
Over the years they are no longer in ones
But twos or threes or tens
The decade of shining skies
The four years of good harvest
Five of good rain
The year of the mother and the child
Dragon reindeer and unicorns
A year is a long time untouched
And grows over the walls out into the sun
Over the years
We have grown tall and our years short
Over the years
Sleep through
Fight through
Dance through
Listen through
But a year is a long moment
In that we remember
More than one thing
About it
If we were friends.
Over the years
A ship sails and reaches port
A sailor is drunk on the wine of courage
Sour vintage
Sleepy over the years.
The years blow his sails
And he pledges them to the ocean -
A day to salt
And rest to waves.
Over the years
Over the years
Run 100 meters in 8 seconds
Time travel
Teleport
Forget yourself in the past
At the bottom of the ocean
Or just your keys
Over the years
The world grows old
And melts around the sun
Over the years the worlds are bright
And feel newer
Over the years the peace of these times will fade
We will look at its hypocrisy in wonder.
Over the years
We will have sufficient mathematics at
Our disposal
To mimic the doodles of infants
In thin air
Build a world of nonsense and revel in its generality.
Over the years
The people tend to get bored and leave
The books pile up
The room logs too many hours of stillness.
Over the years the words
Tend to return
And fears tend to be realized
We think all that we can
And over the years it may even be true
Once or twice
For a few men or more.
Over the years
Too many lost/found
Too few here/now
Over the years
A poem of a million lines
A war lasting two centuries
A desert covering a continent
A love at birth and another before death
A man with a trillion dollars
The meek inheriting the earth and an earthworm.
Over the years they are no longer in ones
But twos or threes or tens
The decade of shining skies
The four years of good harvest
Five of good rain
The year of the mother and the child
Dragon reindeer and unicorns
A year is a long time untouched
And grows over the walls out into the sun
Over the years
We have grown tall and our years short
Over the years
Sleep through
Fight through
Dance through
Listen through
But a year is a long moment
In that we remember
More than one thing
About it
If we were friends.
Over the years
A ship sails and reaches port
A sailor is drunk on the wine of courage
And then just wine
Sour vintage
Sleepy over the years.
The years blow his sails
And he pledges a year to the ocean -
A day to salt
And rest to waves.
Edit 1:
Over the years
Over the years
Run 100 meters in 8 seconds
Time travel
Teleport
In the past
At the bottom of the ocean
Forget yourself
Or just your keys
Over the years
The world grows old
And melts around the sun
Over the years the worlds are bright
And feel newer
Over the years the peace of these times will fade
We will look at its hypocrisy in wonder.
Over the years
We will have sufficient mathematics at
Our disposal
To mimic the doodles of infants
In thin air
Build a world of nonsense,
revel in its generality.
Over the years
people tend to get bored and leave
books pile up
rooms log too many hours of stillness.
Over the years the words
Tend to return
And fears become corporeal
We think all that we can
And over the years it may even be true
Once or twice
For a few men
or more.
Over the years
Too many lost/found
Too few here/now
Over the years
A poem of a million lines
A love at birth and another before death
A man with a trillion dollars
Over the years
A war lasts centuries
A desert covers a continent
The meek inherit the earth
and an earthworm.
Over the years they are no longer in ones
But twos or threes or tens
The decade of shining skies
The four years of good harvest
Five of good rain
The year of the mother and the child
Dragon reindeer and unicorns
A year is a long time untouched
And grows over the walls out into the sun
Over the years
We have grown tall and our years short
Over the years
Sleep through
Fight through
Dance through
Listen through
But a year is a long moment
In that we remember
More than one thing
About it
If we were friends.
Over the years
A ship sails and reaches port
A sailor is drunk on the wine of courage
Sour vintage
Sleepy over the years.
The years blow his sails
And he pledges them to the ocean -
A day to salt
And rest to waves.