Won't Stop
Time won’t stop running.
My bed remains unmade,
the freckles around my eyes still move when I talk.
My heart still aches during love songs,
And my eyes slide shut with the sound of rain.
I still sleep with that blanket
I got when I was three.
I still cry on my father’s lap, pressed tightly against the comfort of old movie quotes and memories.
And when I’m happy, when my feet and hands can’t stay still,
I shake and dance around my room,
Till my breath gets haggard and my smile feels natural.
Yet time is running, faster every year
Leaving me breathless, a whirlwind I can never feel
Changing me in the things that matter
But I can never see.