All the Time in the World
The longer I contemplate forever, the longer forever becomes.
When I was young and blind
I paid no mind to the future
Because the future was now
And now was the time to skip rocks
And play hopscotch
And watch flowers grow on hot summer days.
Now was the time to watch cotton clouds form dragons
That had battles in the sky
High up in the blue that reminds me of your eyes
And why?
Because I had all the time in the world
I didn’t know what tricks life had in store
All I wanted was more
And boredom came slowly
But life came too fast
And last time I checked
Someone said that: “youth is wasted on the young”.
But did I care?
I was destined for the screen
A world like I’ve never seen
And yet I wanted it that way
So perfectly obscene
When I was beautiful
With lips pink and nothing to think
Sinking deeper and deeper into fantasy with every drink
I paid no mind to tomorrow
Because tomorrow could wait
And what mattered was today
Today was here to stay
A day to throw away because the next would be the same
Love came in waves that I braved nightly, one after the next
Meaningless sex and drunken texts
And slowly I wasted away
And now my time is up
My corset is undone
No longer young and dumb but running from what I’ve become
I’m trying to reach that heaven again
But forever is never coming back.