Saturday 13 January 2018

G O N G! (13.1)

Gong! That very hollow alarm of time itself the chime of racing sand in a cracking hourglass, the sound of that shiny metal brass. Constantly and relentlessly calling out for all to follow, wallow indeed it promises, in this sea of self-aggrandisement consisting of a motley assortment of trepid souls. Insisting on a costly allotment to timid souls

 Bong it booms to every mortal doomed to announce the sad portal whence through those cowards move- timorous little mice with timorous tones. An echo carved in stone to scavenge for emotions since torn from flat-lined chests, no longer beating but once in a while crank, clank and tank in to a dark misty lair of coldness

Dong goes the sound of madness until tiredness with a felt pen writes on many a face’s furrows, Burrows that run wild with rage where indifference and bitterness merge over spilling in that cranky old heart that has since tanked in that mist of coldness. Boldness has no place or ally here and boneless is the hand extended to fondness

Gong goes that bell with no warning, a hollow sad tune for those once born, grown and now (just) gone. Drawn to that portal of superiorly disparate mortals, for here timorous little mice breed under the whispers of their timorous trepid tones. Their treachery like a hiss, a song warmth does not miss sang for those who the salient part of life missed.  Caught in the cold mist that covered the long night when once love was betrayed by a kiss.

G O N G!!!

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” ( I Corinthians 13 vs 1)

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By Simbarashe McNorris Hakata