Time of My Life
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My friend lives among numbers.
They stand at her door in unwavering lines
guarding and guiding her time.
She knows every date in the history book,
the number of stairs to each landing.
She dutifully marks every step she walks,
the hours she’s swaddled in sleep.
I live invaded by images
disrupting the sweetness of slumber.
Like fireflies blinking their searchlights,
they puncture the curtain of night.
And, in time, as my days become numbered,
what will awaken my daydreams,
sweeping the dust time leaves in its wake
into timeless memories?
My friend lives surrounded by numbers
forever at watch at her doorstep.
I am a hostage of visions
I’m aching to translate to words—
words that can light up like fireflies,
words that can morph to immortal,
words that can fashion the timelessness
of what people label
“a poem.”
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Lynn Hess
Lynn is a retired middle-school teacher who loved her work and who, for thirty years, also conducted weekly poetry-writing workshops for students in grades K through 8. An educator, a mother of two and a “nana” of three, Lynn especially loves writing poetry inspired by children. Lynn's poetry has appeared or will appear in journals including Spoon River Quarterly, Aeolian Harp, Red Eft Review, Monterey Review, Discretionary Love, and others. Where Tigers Roar in Silence, a book of poetry for children, was published by Lime Rock Press.
