Yesterday I was 20
today I am 40 tomorrow I’ll be 50
day after that 60
Every age opens up to imagination
each decade just trying to figure it out
You’d think someone would’ve by now figured
then gone on to inform the rest of us so there’d be rest in peace but
if someone has figured it out they’ve kept it to themself
or maybe figuring changed so drastically in that blink of an eye
it wasn’t recognizable to the tomorrows and days after that
so we go on doing the figuring with a bit of the scrim left behind from these enlightened someones making their work the yeasty starter to what we hope becomes a better version
in time like this I am more open to belief ironically doubt then has a clear face as well
disinterest is a lie protecting us from too much of ourself
we do fear this the depth and sometimes it is necessary to feign nonchalance but life
ah that thing that still expands the lungs and pumps the blood goes on
so before long the ticking becomes too loud and you turn to give it a fist only to find it has lost it’s luster
bluster
and is quite easy to swallow after all