Now is not the Time

(Hour 9 Half Marathon 2021)

The doorbell rings
The phone rings
I choose to stay
Where I am
Now is not the time for action

We think of love as passion
What if we love inaction
You say it is time to move on
I say moving on is out of fashion
You want me to get up and face the music
But music is not a fact to face
Now is not the time to dance fantastic

I think placing your needs above mine
Is a thoughtless crime
And just because everything in the house
Is telling us there is a fire
I don’t smell any smoke
As I begin to cough and choke
Now is not the time

You tie a string around my pinky
So I will not forget
I see the string and get all panicky
I forget what you said about regret
If I refuse to move to your beat
I don’t feel the passion well up in my breast
And everything is pointless after a point
We are well beyond the point, that point
Now is not the time to meet you in the dark

Now is not the time to meet you in the park for a picnic
If that is what the string was for
I am stopped at the door
My feet are stuck to the floor
The ants you bring back with my uneaten
Rotting portion of the food
You contrived
Are on the make to thrive
Only the strong can survive
You want to talk some more
Now is not the time