Poem- "old unknown world"

  Into the old, unknown world

Where time and space are meaningless.

Days fly by without stop,

      Leaving behind one big mess.  

Searching for answers you can not find,

           Knowing forever has no end.

Yet wondering when the dream will cease,

            Hoping for words to help comprehend.

  Suddenly the road you’ve taken vanishes,

         Who’s there – an instinct to hate.

But time escapes you one more time,

  Two lost souls, met by fate.

The transformation ~ makeover ~ has begun unexpectedly,

            Once was a place sprinkled with color.

Shifting fast, changing into something completely new,

     Buildings erected and the world grows duller.

The Dutch ships have sail once more,

    All is lost in the blink of an eye.

Gatsby’s love for Daisy recedes into darkness,

   Nothing to do but watch it slip by.

Change – the inevitable, unstoppable wickedness,

            Feared by most – but what can they do?

It is time to move on and start over anew,

            You realize you’re old life is utterly through.

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Sarah Tackett