mood: tired | drinking: water
Daylight Savings
The countdowns start
every day
with no prior warning.
You leave three minutes early
and take the carpool lane
but the sun will still set tonight
at exactly 5:19.
Your good old days
are over before you know
they’ve begun.
You eat lunch at your desk
as a time-saving device
but your homemade ham sandwich
doesn’t alter one tick.
Your lover begins to be bored
of you before you’ve
even met.
You stay up late on weekends
to make the day last longer
and then sleep in on Sundays
while time keeps marching on.
You begin to die
the day you’re born,
so no matter how much
time you save
you will always
run out.
-Lo, listening to the tick.
LaDonnaWitmer 