April 23, 2009

Running Out Of Time

“22,000 days,”

they said,

“it’s not a lot, it’s all you got,”

they said*,

“25,000 days”

he said

elsewhere**

both affirm

our time will run out

some moment of some day

will see our final breath

what then with us

whither what we are

no more a choice

but a result

seconds tick by to death

have you chosen well?

* Moody Blues, Long Distance Voyager

** Moses, Psalm 90

Inspired by “God Help Me” by Rebecca Saint James

from If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something