Flatline Poem by Robert Mahoney

Flatline



Tick tock the clock, don't talk, don't stop
Pace quickens into overdrive
Shake off the shock, No care, no thought
The rhythmic pounding clears the mind
Shallow aspirations, patience, faceless, time to move
Hollow inspiration, pretense, faithless, much to prove

And we're looking for reason in the rhyme scheme puzzle pattern of it all
[suffocating debilitating gotta go go go goodbye]
And we're learning the hard way, everything didn't matter after all
[Suffocating hope is fading the truth will blow blow blow your mind]

Flatline decline, no time, rewind
blood thickens running out of luck
Fight back the past too fast you crash
Forsaken, nobody gives a f*ck
Hallowed desecration, ancient nameless, born to lose
Swallow confrontation, take it, face it, no one knew

And we're looking for reason in the rhyme scheme puzzle pattern of it all
[suffocating debilitating gotta go go go goodbye]
And we're learning the hard way, everything didn't matter after all
[Suffocating hope is fading the truth will blow blow blow your mind]

Tick tock the clock (There is no way out)
Shake off the shock (Time is running out)
Tick tock the clock (What do we do now?)
Shake off the shock (Kill the pain somehow)

And we're looking for reason in the rhyme scheme puzzle pattern of it all
[suffocating debilitating gotta go go go goodbye]
And we're learning the hard way, everything didn't matter after all
[Suffocating hope is fading the truth will blow blow blow your mind]

Tick tock, the clock, just stopped

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
JoAnn Mahoney 23 November 2009

Hi Robert. I thought your poem was great. I like how you put it all together. JoAnn

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