Time (first ever attempt at a Sestina)

by Alison Barton
23rd February 2016

What we had at the beginning was Memory

 

Living and forming with dawning Hopes

 

In ever changing dynamic Dreams

 

Back when there was always more Time

 

Almost with an unreachable intangible Future

 

Where we were always connected Together

 

 

 

For as long as allowed we stood Together

 

Creating conflicts which fade within Memory

 

Consciously choosing a happier Future

 

And bending all of our compromised Hopes

 

With the inevitable start of losing Time

 

But a small part holds onto the Dreams

 

 

 

Slipping further and living in bright Dreams

 

Some plans fall apart whilst others come Together

 

And the world speeds up into ever lessening Time

 

Where situations become frozen stills of Memory

 

But in amongst the chaos lives our Hopes

 

And what was once a concept is now a real Future

 

 

 

Then it is here – the Future

 

Time for thoughts to be real or remain Dreams

 

A decision on the validity of certain Hopes

 

And older travellers cannot always remain Together

 

Holding onto only a distinct Memory

 

As we push forward at the mercy of Time

 

 

 

A paradox of too much and too little Time

 

Crushes out the frustrated Future

 

The most valuable treasure becomes Memory

 

Yet we rely and delve further into Dreams

 

Wishing to reunite and be Together

 

Praying there is something beyond Hopes

 

 

 

The tighter we hold onto our Hopes

 

The more it unravels in Time

 

Although in the end we are Together

 

It is in an unpredicted Future

 

In a new land formed from Dreams

 

Locked deep within an archive of Memory

 

 

 

All of our Hopes fold into a collective Memory

 

And Time becomes as translucent as Dreams

 

Everything is reformed Together in a natural Future

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