TIme Relinquished

I’m blank and I just can’t

though I wish I could,

even when I try I can’t think;

sometimes it just happens

in a matter of a blink.

I know what I want to say

it’s at the tip of my tongue;

I can taste it though it’s faint,

they say it’s because I’m older now

but I did this even when I was young.

Oh how I wish I could

and I just might;

I need to get up

and I know I should

but it’s such a fight.

As the electronic rooster crows

it tells me what I already know;

it’s getting harder to tell

this reason for my struggle;

I’m too tired or either I can’t hear very well.

I need to, but I don’t have the strength;

extracurricular is harder than you think.

My arch enemy makes it harder each day

if I only could do what I say;

I changed my habits, but it’s not quite enough.

Take my vitamins and supplements

but this losing weight is tough;

no matter what my regiment

time is an inevitable fate;

it’s catching up and will soon overtake.

I’m reminded time and time again

with each morning that I arise;

every glance of my reflection

the lines become more defined.

Realizing I’m further away from perfection

and farther away from the prize;

how in youth we were eagerly inclined

looking forward to another year in time

but as time passes and we get closer to our end;

we realize that time is no longer our friend.

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