Life’s been soft sharpness
rolling with the hours
they run fast sometimes making it hard
to catch up and sometimes they move
slow like snails I can feel the seconds tick away
watch the crawling of night
out of the last ray of daylight
time is playing two songs on repeat
I know all the words by now
trying to make up my own even though
they are already written and I’m already singing
along to the same old songs
over and over
I ask you the same question
but still
you haven’t been able to offer me
a different answer
let me know when you do
then I’ll sing you two songs
ask you a question you’ve heard before