on ____…
the ____ of time is that we can ____ it go neither faster nor s l o w e r.
i’m not sure if we spend more of our lives wishing it
would speed up or
s l o w d
o
w
n,
though i suppose that’s really just a sign
of youth.
one [reference to moon/sun cycles] i’ll be laying in bed wishing i could shift my life six months,
a year,
[long unit of time] into the [not now]
even if just to know for a [short unit of time] where i will be
and to know i’ll be
[synonym for all right].
then
the next night
i’ll find myself laying there
regretting some decision i decisioned
ten
years
ago
and wishing more than anything i could
go back and
change it.
some [metaphorical unit of time] i’ll
wake up and
wondering how the time does
fly.
maybe it will be tomorrow,
maybe it won’t be until i’m old and gray,
maybe it will be tomorrow,
maybe it ____.
