nearing forty-seven
and I realize
been holdin’ on to fifteen
‘til my neck tensed
and arm stiffed
why? because I never had it
and thirty-two years of days,
hours, minutes, seconds
have got behind me
suddenly
they are gone
gone
and I am left to wonder
did I do them right?
“I don’t know how to say what I feel” ~ One More Day, One
More Night, Tom Petty Echo CD
