Empty Coat Pockets<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
An old grandfather clock<\/p>\n
The pendulum sways<\/p>\n
The hands tick and click<\/p>\n
Stealing the days away<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few minutes<\/p>\n
In a day<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few days<\/p>\n
In a week<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few weeks<\/p>\n
In a month<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few months<\/p>\n
In a year<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few years<\/p>\n
In a decade<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too few decades<\/p>\n
In a century<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So little time<\/p>\n
To do all and everything<\/p>\n
Staring at the clock<\/p>\n
But you can’t capture the hands<\/p>\n
In that coat pocket<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Too long<\/p>\n
Too short<\/p>\n
Too fast<\/p>\n
Too slow<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How long has it been?<\/p>\n
Where did the times go?<\/p>\n
Has it really been that long?<\/p>\n
I remember it like it was yesterday.<\/p>\n
The timing feels so wrong.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Graying and sagging by the second<\/p>\n
Death’s deadline closes in<\/p>\n
Quietly<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
At your bedside<\/p>\n
Realizing the minutes and days<\/p>\n
Have slipped away<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
All the memories you never made<\/p>\n
All of the times you didn’t stay<\/p>\n
All of the words you never prayed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And you couldn’t take the clock’s hands<\/p>\n
In your coat pockets<\/p>\n
Hold them close and dear<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So instead<\/p>\n
In your bed<\/p>\n
You lay in fear<\/p>\n
As the grandfather clock’s chime<\/p>\n
Rings near<\/p>\n
To claim your final breath.<\/p>\n
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