Passing

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This just popped into my head right now...So here you go! Please review!

Passing

Time is going,
flowing by.
And if you try to catch it,
Ever will you lose.
In the end.

Life wasn't meant
to be caged
and bent
to the wills
of those it controls.
Even if we think it was.

But
We can't understand that,
seemingly.
Because that's what we do:
Stay in control.
Unknowingly,
we lose ourselves
to change.
Last edited by RedBird on Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:28 am, edited 3 times in total.
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That poem was ok for being one that just popped out of your head.
I would change..
Ever will lose.
Mabye you should say something like "you will always loose".
I like that the poem made me think.
I hope that helps.
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Hiya! Classy here, as requested! Let us get started here...

About your last two lines: Do we all really not know we're controlling ourselves? I know I am. I am trying to figure out if you meant this poem to be in a biblical sense, because if so, those last two lines would make sense, as in God or Fate is controlling us? But if not, I think you should rethink your last two lines. You know, figure them out for yourself what they mean.

Ever will lose.
In the end.

So these lines confused me. Are you trying to say, "Everyone will lose in the end?"
If so, you need to make ever everyone, and instead of a period after lose, a comma. I can't figure out any other meaning for those lines.

For a poem off the top of your head, just as Fiction said, this is cute! I love hearing other's concepts of time. It is such a mysterious thing, you know?
I think since you started out in the concept of time, though, you should end with it, too.

Very well done! I liked this.

Be seeing you around,

Classy




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Thanks for the reviews! I made of few of the edits you suggested...
And remember...A portkey can be any sort of harmless object...A football...or a dolphin.
~Snape, AVPM

"You are the egg, you are the chrysalis, you are the progeny. You are the rot that falls from stars."
~Will Henry, on Typhoeus magnificum




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Hey Classy,

I want to start off by saying that I really loved this poem. A very good effort for a poem off the top of your head! :)

One critique, I dont like the line spacing, it throws me off in some places then i have to re read. Pauses where there shouldnt be, such as

"Life wasn't meant
to be caged
and bent
to the wills
of those it controls."

It seems a little choppy, maybe just edit it so it flows a little better.

Also, i think the word seemingly is not needed. It looks like you are trying to fill space and the poem would work fine without it

Having said that i loved the lines

"And if you try to catch it,
Ever will you lose.
In the end."

To me it says 'if you try to make up for lost time it will be the death of you, so move on and make the most of the time you have left' and it is a perfect way to live life. In the now.

Thankyou for writing this. Loved reading it and keep on writing!!

Hope this helped

Azz
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