I have so much I’m s’posed to do within
\na day, within an hour, within a week, a minute
\ntoo. I just need to do so much each day,
\nlike get through work and clean things up
\na bit, as any adult does. Yet for me, this seems
\nimpossible, a day’s tasks can take three weeks for me.<\/p>\n
If I could tell you what time felt like, grains of sand just slipping,
\nmaybe then you’d understand. Maybe you wouldn’t blame me.<\/p>\n
In ten minutes it’s been an hour, in 20 it’s
\nbeen two, a single thing that matters so much,
\nand what can I do? I could just let it happen, oh,
\nit would be so much easier. Let dust to dust
\ninstead of old age and fury run this room,
\nthis studio apartment. If only I could pause a moment
\nhold it in this time, folded in on itself, unaging and
\nget things done as expected of me.<\/p>\n
If I could tell you what time felt like, grains of sand just slipping,
\nmaybe then you’d understand. Maybe you wouldn’t blame me.<\/p>\n
My life’s a blip, I know that well, and what
\nblips can do I cannot tell you. There’s no
\nsolution, no easy fix, and not only am I stuck like this,
\nbut everyone else moves on so easy as if
\nblips could cause some major change. Their blips
\nseem fuller than mine, less transient. Less empty.<\/p>\n
If I could tell you what time felt like, grains of sand just slipping,
\nmaybe then you’d understand. Maybe you wouldn’t blame me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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