Afternoons

Iridescent light

That floods into the room

The hours pass in quietness

Life unfolds at gentle pace

We wile away our lives

In ways that reflect ourselves

Passage of time that gathers steam

As deadlines loom

For action and response

This day lasts as long as any other

Ticking of the clock upon the wall

Keeping pace; we somehow 

fall 

behind.

Alex Jeune Biography: I was born in Wellington in 1986. I grew up in Otaki and Levin. Educated at Waiopehu College, graduating in 2004. Moved to Lower Hutt in 2008, attended Victoria University. Have written poetry since a young age. I look at the world around me and offer an interpretation.

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