Swallowed by Time

I sense the tides of time

are crashing on my shore.

I feel my body eroding

bombarded by life’s forces.

I watch my dreams wash away

as each new day rolls in. 

I taste the salty sorrows

of having lived for tomorrow.

I stagger away from the setting sun

as the sand gives way beneath my feet.

I struggle to stay afloat

pulled down by what lurks below.

I smell the rotting corpse of my hope 

and shoo the gulls that peck at its remains.  

I hear death’s siren song

carried on the winds of time. 

I find myself engulfed in darkness

as this Leviathan swallows me whole.  

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This is one of the only poems I’ve ever written. I wrote it more than two years ago. It is not something I ever planned to share. But it felt appropriate as today marks a year since I posted my first piece on Substack – I guess, time really does fly.

Also, speaking of time, I am taking a break from ALL screens as of Sunday. That means both my posting schedule and my reading schedule will be greatly impacted – I apologize in advance for my absence.

And finally, if you are reading this – THANK YOU. Thank you, for all the support you’ve bestowed upon me and my writing over the last year – it means the world.

Yours curiously,

The Curious Platypus :)