Sunset Bell

“The most precious resource we all have is time.”
Steve Jobs

 

You cannot stop
the hands of time
from spinning ever on

when the sand
is through the hourglass
those days are gone

you cannot bring summer back
when the leaves
are off the tree

there’s no magic spell
you cannot unring
the sunset bell

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rob kistner © 2022

Poetry at: dVerse

 


20 thoughts on “Sunset Bell”

    1. Thank you Kim, the thin veil of darkness in this piece is not a negative overcast, it is a celebration of reality, and gratitude for the short time we are given, and a warning not to take time for granted.

    1. Thank you Lisa… 🙂 It was a magnificent album. I was blown away when I bought it upon its release in Spring of ‘73, brought it home, and placed it on my Linn LP12 turntable. It stayed on that turntable for a solid month. Then it went into heavy rotation through that summer with Stevies’ Innervisions, Chick Corea’s Light As A Feather, Yessongs, Dave Hollands’ Conference With The Birds, Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunter, and Marvin’s Let’s Get It On. ‘73 was a great summer. Just got out of a difficult marriage which gave me my incredible daughter, my band was in high gear, I was top of my health, moved into a new house with great practice facilities, ladies a’plenty — killer summer! 🙂

    1. Thank you Punam 🙂 but I’ll be honest I reached an age where I’m not sure if I’d want to unring the bell. It’s a romantic thought when you’re young, and I used to feel it, and I thought it certainly made good poetry as a thought.

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