Tag: poetry

A glimmer

Posted on by philipdodson

The bottom is a dark place
The bottom is lonely
The bottom is rock bottom
The bottom feels forever
The bottom is a place we all come to
The bottom is an empty jar
The bottom is an ugly scar
Yet there in the dark is a glimmer
A glimmer of light
A glimmer of something
A glimmer of a chance to rise again
Nothing is forever
Nothing is always dark
Never give up
There is always a glimmer of hope
If we choose to believe
There is always someone there
There is a glimmer
And that is all we need

The sands of time

Posted on by philipdodson

The sand trickles through the timer
Grain after grain
Unstoppable
Mesmerising
Uncertain as to how long is left
We can watch each grain
Become anxious and coiled
Like a spring ready to ping

Maybe we can step away from the timer
Accept we don’t know how long is left
Maybe we can walk through the wheat fields
Run our hands through the tall wheat
Across the fields of dreams
Feeling the wind, the rain, the sun
Feeling alive
And no longer waiting for the final grain of sand to fall.