Ticking away
The moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours
In an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground
In your hometown
Waiting for someone
Or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

    • Volkditty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I keep having dreams of things I need to do

      And waking up but not following through

      But it feels like I haven’t slept at all

      When I wake to a silence and she’s facing the wall

      Posters of Dylan and of Hemingway

      An antique compass for a sailor’s escape

      She says, “You just can’t live this way”

      And I close my eyes and I never say

      I’m still having dreams